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Woods Landing, Wyoming

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82063. It stands on Woods Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woods Landing quadrangle.

Woods Landing within Albany County

On record in Woods Landing

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 3 records

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

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Woods Landing between 1994 and 2018, burning about 12,023 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 2001Smokingunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandLITTLE
11 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named
1 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresRawlins Field OfficeWOODSLANDI
6 August 2001Natural2.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBOOGER
4 August 1994Natural3.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named
17 August 2016Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandJELM CREEK
17 August 2010Naturalunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeJELM
15 August 1996Natural1.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandIRON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Woods Landing: 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Copper, Iron, 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
Colorado MineGold, Copper, Iron, Lead, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Silver
Jelm MountainCopper, Gold, BismuthProspectcontact vein
Jelm Mountain DistrictCopper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, MolybdenumPast Producer1870
Lake Owen ComplexIron, Titanium, Metal, Silver, Cobalt, Nickel, PGE, Gold, Copper, VanadiumOccurrenceMagnetite, Ilmenite
UnknownNiobium (Columbium)Prospect
UnknownManganeseProspect
Annie MineGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Unidentified OccurrenceIronOccurrenceMagnetite
Unidentified ProspectCopperOccurrenceCopper
Unidentified ProspectCopperOccurrenceCopper

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woods Landing in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 5 flash flood. 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 2021Flash FloodWoods Landing-Heavy rainfall over portions of the Mullen Burn Scar with estimated rainfall of two to three inches. Subsequent mudslide and debris flow led to a road washout near Highway 230. The Woods Landing Resort also had nearby stream rise out of its bank with water on area campgrounds and a few inches of water were reported in the resort kitchen.
July 2018Flash FloodWoods Landing-Excessive rainfall in 60 minutes over the Badger Creek burn scar caused debris flow/flash flooding along the Laramie River at Jelm/Woods Landing.
July 2018Flash FloodWoods Landing-Locally heavy rain in less than 30 minutes over the Badger Creek burn scar led to mud and debris flows across Highway 230 near Woods Landing.
May 2014Flash FloodWoods Landing-Flash flooding washed out Back River Road and Boswell Ranch Road near Woods Landing.
September 2013Flash FloodWoods Landing-Two to three inches of rain in a 90-minute period flooded Highway 311/47. Several area streams in central and southern portions of the Squirrel Creek burn scar were running bankfull.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
New Jelm2.0 miles16
Jelm3.6 miles16
Foxpark7.7 miles17
Gramm7.9 miles17
Collins (historical)7.9 miles17
Albany8.1 miles14
Harmony9.0 miles18
Deerwood10.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1604288. 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.