Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“The Bairoil City Hall is the only extant building from the early days of Bairoil, Wyoming that is in its original location. Bairoil was a company town, developed by the Bair Oil Company to serve the surrounding oil fields.”
Wikipedia article Bairoil Town Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Sweetwater County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bairoil Town Hall between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Lander Field Office | WHISKEY PEAK |
| 15 August 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Rawlins Field Office | BAIROIL |
| 18 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | WHISKEY #2 |
| 16 July 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | ELK |
| 4 June 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | ABLE CREEK FIRE |
| 3 March 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | BAIROIL |
| 10 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | BAIROIL 2 |
| 29 October 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bairoil Town Hall: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Eagle | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| C & L Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Diehl | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Hays | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Lost Soldier | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000858 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sweetwater County | All 28 listed properties in this county. |
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