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Wyopo, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lander census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82520. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lander quadrangle.

Wyopo within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

106 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Wyopo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 351 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use10 acresWind River Agency132HIWAY
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLander Field OfficeCOAL MINE
17 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use21 acresWind River AgencyCHICAGO
6 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFremont CountyNONE
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wyopo: 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Wypo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lander Area # 1Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working 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
Lander2.7 miles12
Milford5.2 miles10
Hudson6.6 miles11
Boulder Flats7.0 miles10
Kotey Place10.1 miles11
Ethete12.5 miles8
Arapahoe12.9 miles10
Wind River13.7 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122545736The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597551. 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.