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Tipton, Wyoming

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Wamsutter census division. The Survey maps it on the Tipton quadrangle.

Tipton within Sweetwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Tipton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 915 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use13 acresRawlins Field OfficeMP 161
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeBLOOMING FLOWER
3 September 2018Fireworksunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeCONTANENTAL
27 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresRawlins Field OfficeG L
27 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresRawlins Field OfficeTWO TRACKS
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresRock Springs Field OfficeTIPTON
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRawlins Field Office158
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountyMM155

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tipton: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
State Highway Department Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway Department Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sweetwater 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
Robinson3.5 miles7
Table Rock6.7 miles7
Red Desert7.7 miles8
J O Junction9.3 miles7
Monell12.0 miles7
Wamsutter15.4 miles11
Fort LaClede (historical)16.1 miles6
Bitter Creek16.4 miles7

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.

Wikidata item Q141352380The 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 1595598. 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.