North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Seminoe's Fort; Site Number: 48NA288; County: Natrona; State: Wyoming; Country: USA; Ownership: _____; Landform: Floodplain;

Date of Site: AD 1852-1857; Period Type:Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Trading post; Site Size: ~2 hectares;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan FM36; Sampling Interval: 8 readings/meter x 1m; Prospecting Depth:1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: ~14,800 sq. m; Date of Survey: May 2001; Land Cover Type: Grasses, Shrub; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Colorized magnetic image of area surveyed. The large U-shaped anomaly is the location of the fort area.	Magnetic image of the survey area with interpretations.
Close up magnetic image of fort area with interpretations.

Project Name: Seminoe's Fort;

Reference: De Vore, S.L. (2002). Magnetic Gradient Survey of Seminoe's Fort on the Tom Sun Ranch Along the Oregon and California National Historic Trails, Natrona County, Wyoming. Midwest Archeological Center, Technical Report No. 77. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Survey by: Steven L. Devore, National Park Service, Don Balley, Dave Byers, Gavin Donnelly, and Danny Walker State Archaeologist staff;

Survey for: National Park Service;

Report Location: Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, NE;

Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary