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Photograph of Green River Downtown Historic District
Photograph by Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

130 E Flaming Gorge Way

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“The Green River Downtown Historic District is a 5.7-acre (2.3 ha) historic district in Green River, Wyoming that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.”

Wikipedia article Green River Downtown Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 28 National Register listings published here for Sweetwater County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

70 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of 130 E Flaming Gorge Way between 1995 and 2020, burning about 493 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined29
Fireworks10
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Railroad operations and maintenance50 acresSweetwater CountyMM76
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeRAILROAD
19 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSweetwater CountyMCKINNON FIRE
14 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRock Springs Field OfficeDUALLY
11 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.6 acresRock Springs Field OfficeSNOW FENCE
11 September 2009Fireworks2.5 acresRock Springs Field OfficeCEMETERY
4 August 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSweetwater CountyMM1 HARBORLITE
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountyMM67

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of 130 E Flaming Gorge Way: 6 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sodium, Sodium Carbonate, Silica. 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
Diamond Alkali Co., Butler Well No. 1SodiumProspectTrona
State Highway DeptSilicaProducer
Western Alkali Company wellsSodium CarbonatePast ProducerTrona
Acme PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Green River Pit & Plant LayosSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway Department Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sweetwater County

Storms near this property

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green River, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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
August 2007Flash FloodGreen River$250,000no account filed
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGreen River$3,000Several power poles were reported down west-northwest of Green River toward State Highway 372. The wind gusts were associated with weak convection and not a thunderstorm.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGreen River-The wind sensor along Interstate 80 in Green River reported wind gusts to 59 mph.
June 2016HailGreen River-There were numerous reports of one inch diameter hail across Green River and Rock Springs. Trees were stripped of leaves and the hail accumulated on the ground to a depth of a couple of inches.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
June 2004HailGreen River-no account filed
July 2003HailGreen River-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
September 1999Funnel CloudGreen River-no account filed
June 1998HailGreen River-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sweetwater County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Sweetwater Brewery0.1 miles1982
Morris House0.2 miles2023
Expedition Island0.4 miles1968
US Post Office-Green River1.2 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08001306 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sweetwater CountyAll 28 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.