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Tullis, Wyoming

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rawlins census division. The Survey maps it on the Tullis quadrangle.

Tullis within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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 Tullis between 2000 and 2019, burning about 324 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresRawlins Field OfficeSAVORY CREEK
13 August 2000Natural315 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandHELL CANYON
4 June 2002Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeUPPER SAGE
14 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresRawlins Field OfficeHIGH SAVORY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon 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 Tullis: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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
Batchelder MineCopperProspectUnderground
Cloudy Group ClaimsUraniumPast ProducerTorbernite
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carbon 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
Dexterville (historical)4.4 miles17
Copperton (historical)11.1 miles16
Dillon (historical)11.5 miles16
Rudefeha (historical)12.4 miles16
Savery16.2 miles16
Rambler (historical)16.2 miles16
Battle (historical)17.5 miles17
Dixon18.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1603791. 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.