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Willow Addition, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kemmerer East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83101. The Survey maps it on the Kemmerer quadrangle.

Willow Addition within Lincoln County

On record in Willow Addition

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Willow Addition between 1992 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined8
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLincoln CountyOAKLY
1 September 2018Debris and open burning120 acresKemmerer Field OfficeASPEN SPRINGS
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficePOWER LINE
25 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLincoln County189 NORTH
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeFRONTIER
23 August 2015Naturalunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeMAGPIE
23 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance60 acresRock Springs Field OfficeAIRPORT
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeCARBON CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Willow Addition: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Unknown (unverifiable)Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Kemmerer0.5 miles10
Frontier1.0 miles10
Diamondville1.4 miles10
Elkol6.6 miles11
Blazon Junction7.9 miles11
Fossil10.1 miles10
Opal11.2 miles9
Sage22.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1596425. 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.