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Wind River, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wind River Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82514. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wind River quadrangle.

Wind River within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

398 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Wind River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,160 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 19 were 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
Debris and open burning198
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Fireworks43
Smoking32
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River AgencyCONEHEAD
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River Agency102 NORTH FORK
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River Agency48 SHIPTON LANE
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River AgencyGROVE
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWind River AgencySAND PIT FIRE
5 September 2002Natural2.0 acresWind River AgencySAGE CREEK
5 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWind River AgencyMULTIFIRES
29 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWind River AgencySKATE PARK 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wind River: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Geothermal. 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
Fort Washakie Hot SpringGeothermalUnknown
Wind River Indian Reservation No.1UraniumOccurrence
Ethete # 1Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Ethete #2Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Mill CreekGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Wind River Mtn Front #6Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wind River in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009HailWind River-Golf ball sized hail was reported on Trout Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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
Fort Washakie1.4 miles8
Ethete6.5 miles8
Boulder Flats6.8 miles10
Milford9.3 miles10
Johnstown13.3 miles9
Lander13.4 miles12
Wyopo13.7 miles12
Kinnear15.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1596513. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.