BlockWillow Springs, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sundance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82729. It lies near Wagon Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Moskee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tinton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Moskee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Willow Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,141 acres in total. 44 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 | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | POLE CABIN |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | MEDICINE LAKE |
| 9 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | ASHDOWN |
| 8 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | G-VALLEY |
| 8 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | NORTH REDWATER |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | RED CANYON |
| 31 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | RIDGETOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Willow Springs: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Guard Nos. 1, 2, and 3 claims | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jones, Bury, & Murdock Property #1 | Uranium | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1604226. 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.