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Tie Siding, Wyoming

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82084. It lies near Dirty Woman Draw. The Survey maps it on the Best Ranch quadrangle. It stands 7,697 feet above sea level.

Tie Siding within Albany County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Tie Siding between 2000 and 2013, burning about 181 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 August 2000Natural151 acresCasper Field OfficeGILBERT LK
14 May 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State ForestryBOULDER RIDGE CAMP FIRE
7 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
18 November 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State ForestryCHEROKEE PARK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tie Siding: 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Feldspar, Diamond, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Aultman Pipe 1 ProspectDiamondOccurrence1961
Copper Float Group (Tie Siding)CopperProspect
Ferris 1 ProspectDiamondOccurrence1960
Hermosa ProspectFeldsparProspect
UnknownCopperOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Copper Float GroupUraniumUnknown
Tie Siding Feldspar Pegmatite #1UraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Albany County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hermosa1.1 miles16
Dale Creek6.2 miles16
The Buttes7.1 miles18
Sherman8.4 miles16
Red Buttes8.4 miles18
Buford11.1 miles16
Hirsig13.3 miles19
Laramie16.6 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Tie SidingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7800949The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1596972. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.