BlockTower Junction, Wyoming
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yellowstone National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82190. It lies near Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The Survey maps it on the Tower Junction quadrangle. It stands 6,263 feet above sea level.
On record in Tower Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Roosevelt Lodge Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1907 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tower Junction quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Yellowstone National Park North quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Tower Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Tower Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,182 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | PETRIFIED |
| 23 September 1992 | Natural | 480 acres | Yellowstone National Park | PLATEAU |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | AGATE |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | JUNCTION |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | COYOTE |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | BUFFALO |
| 31 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | SCORCHED |
| 30 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Yellowstone National Park | LOST CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanceys | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Buffalo Ford | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Bannock Ford | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Canyon Junction | 13.1 miles | 22 | |
| Canyon Village | 13.2 miles | 22 | |
| Soda Butte (historical) | 14.2 miles | 21 | |
| Mammoth | 15.7 miles | 20 | |
| Pahaska Tepee | 37.3 miles | 19 |
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 Q133206274 | 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 1597523. 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.