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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Red Desert Basin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Rawlins Field Office | MP 161 |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | BLOOMING FLOWER |
| 3 September 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | CONTANENTAL |
| 27 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | G L |
| 27 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | TWO TRACKS |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | TIPTON |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | 158 |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | MM155 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Highway Department Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Department Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Table Rock | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Red Desert | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| J O Junction | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Monell | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Wamsutter | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fort LaClede (historical) | 16.1 miles | 6 | |
| Bitter Creek | 16.4 miles | 7 |
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 Q141352380 | The 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.




