Rock Springs, Wyoming Overview
Rock Springs, Wyoming includes 4 nearby coal leases. Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County Wyoming United States. The population was 23036 at the 2010 census. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area which has a population of 37975. Rock Springs is known as the Home of 56 Nationalities because of the influx of immigrants from all over the world who came to work in the coal mines that supplied the fuel to power the steam engines of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Quick Facts
- Rock Springs, Wyoming has a population of 23,036 (based on numbers from 2010).
- Located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- Rock Springs, Wyoming sits 1,947 meters (6,387.8 feet) above sea level feet above sea level.
Coal Lease News From The Coal Fields™
Learn more about the Bureau of Land Management, Public Land Survey System, and coal leases.
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Understanding Lease Ownership
We receive lots of emails from people who find their name or a relative’s name on our site and want to know if this means they have some right to the land listed under that name.
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Understanding BLM Administrative Areas
Whether it is filing a lease or researching one, the administering BLM office is going to be the definitive source.
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Understanding Location Data
Lease handled by the Bureau of Land Management are not mapped by latitude and longitude, instead, these leases harken back to the Public Land Survey System.
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Understanding Townships
A “township” can refer to two different things. Both are part of the PLSS measurement system but have different uses.
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