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Crook County, Wyoming

77 topographic sheets cover 22 settlements here, and 10 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

10 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Wyoming within the United States
Crook County within Wyoming

What the record shows

  • 299 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 10 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 buildings, 3 structures and 3 districts.
  • 1 of the 10 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 22 populated places in this county; 22 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

10

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
DXN Bridge over Missouri Riverstructure198585000419
Entrance Road-Devils Tower National Monumentstructure200000000854
Entrance Station-Devils Tower National Monumentbuilding200000000853
Inyan Kara Mountaindistrict197373001929
Old Headquarters Area Historic Districtdistrict200000000852
Ranch Adistrict199797000227
Sundance Schoolbuilding198585003099
Sundance State Bankbuilding198484003660
Tower Ladder-Devils Tower National Monumentstructure200000000855
Wyoming Mercantilebuilding199191000435

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

734 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 734 of them, burning about 64,356 acres. 439 started naturally and 5 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Natural439
Missing data/not specified/undetermined179
Debris and open burning34
Recreation and ceremony33
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 July 2006Natural14,886 acresNew Castle Field OfficeTHORN DIVIDE COMPLEX
24 June 2016Natural12,347 acresNew Castle Field OfficeKARA CREEK
11 August 2000Natural6,089 acresCasper Field OfficeWOOD DRAW
31 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,700 acresCrook CountyBASIN DRAW
23 July 2005Natural3,025 acresBlack Hills National ForestCEMENT
21 June 2016Natural2,345 acresNew Castle Field OfficeDOUGLAS
18 August 2000Natural2,000 acresCasper Field OfficeA HAGERMAN
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,000 acresDevils Tower National MonumentWEEHINKLE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2026

60 of 839 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 839 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 10 injuries and about $5,308,820 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail504
Thunderstorm Wind263
Tornado38
Flood13
Flash Flood8
Lightning4
Funnel Cloud4
Wildfire3
Heavy Rain2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001HailDevils Tower4 hurt, $10,000no account filed
July 2009Tornado (EF2)Alva2 hurt, $300,000A large tornado touched down west of Cook Lake and tracked east-southeastward across the Bear Lodge Mountains, dissipating west of Wyoming Highway 111. The tornado downed about 4000 acres of Ponderosa pine trees, destroyed two metal shop buildings and a large barn at a ranch, and severely damaged a house and mobile home. Two people in the residences received very minor injuries.
July 2001LightningDevils Tower2 hurtno account filed
June 2014Tornado (EF2)Hulett1 hurt, $100,000A tornado tracked across the Bear Lodge Mountains of northeastern Wyoming. It snapped and uprooted large Ponderosa Pine and cottonwood trees along its path. It destroyed a mobile home northeast of Alva; one person inside it was slightly injured. Several sheds had sheet metal torn off walls and doors blown in; one shed had part of its roof collapsed. Horse and other small trailers were rolled. Evidence of inflow winds of 80 to 110 mph were noted south of the tornado track.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower1 hurtNumerous reports of broken windows, building damage, extensive camper and vehicle damage, and extensive tree damage throughout the Devils Tower area. There was one injury when a person suffered an elbow contusion from flying debris at a campground and had to receive medical attention.
July 2010HailMoorcroft$800,000Wind-driven large hail broke windows and damaged siding and roofs of houses in Moorcroft. The hail also broke windshields and dented vehicles.
June 2012HailMoorcroft$600,000Large hail caused automobile and building damage in Moorcroft.
July 2009HailHulett$400,000Baseball sized hail caused extensive damage to homes and automobiles throughout town.
May 2014HailHulett$300,000Hail to tennis ball size damaged buildings and automobiles.
July 2001LightningMoorcroft$250,000no account filed
July 1965Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMoorcroft$200,000Strong winds downed branches, trees, and a few power poles; heavily damaged or destroyed small structures; and ripped the roof off a mobile home.
July 2009HailNew Haven$200,000Softball sized hail damaged automobiles and buildings.
May 2014HailHulett$200,000no account filed
May 2013HailDevils Tower$200,000no account filed
June 2014HailMoorcroft$150,000Some minor property damage occurred in town.
July 2013HailSundance$150,000no account filed
June 2013FloodNew Haven$100,000Several creeks and streams experienced flooding. The Belle Fourche River near Alva reached a stage of 7.5 feet, which is three feet above flood stage.
June 2008FloodColony$100,000The Belle Fourche River, Oak Creek, Hay Creek, and other small streams flooded roads north of Aladdin.
July 2011HailMoorcroft$100,000no account filed
May 2013FloodNew Haven$60,000Several creeks and streams across Crook County flooded. The Belle Fourche River near Alva reached a stage of 7.5 feet, which is three feet above flood stage.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHulett$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew over an outbuilding, blew a 20-by-30 foot barn off its foundation, and damaged roofs southwest of Hulett along WY Highway 24.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSundance$50,000Striong winds blew down large trees and fences in Sundance.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPine Haven$50,000Wind gusts between 70 and 80 mph blew down sheds, blew apart fences, and tore off shingles throughout Pine Haven.
June 2007HailColony$50,000Hail damaged automobiles.
July 2013HailHulett$50,000no account filed
August 2012HailSundance$50,000no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindMoorcroft$50,000no account filed
July 2009HailHulett$25,000Softball sized hail broke windows and damaged roofs and automobiles.
June 2011HailDevils Tower$25,000no account filed
July 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1984Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1975Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1961Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1959Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1999HailMoorcroft$20,000Eighty houses had hail damage--mostly broken windows and damaged siding. Two police vehicles had moderate hail damage and another was totaled by hail.
June 1998Tornado (F1)Sundance$20,000Damage was sustained to a three car garage, several bam roofs, several campers, and a home satellite dish.
June 2012HailMoorcroft$20,000no account filed
May 2009HailMoorcroft$20,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBeulah$15,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindColony$10,000The combination of strong wind and large hail caused minor damage.
June 2015HailLightning Flat$10,000Several windows were broken and siding was damaged on a house.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Devils Tower$10,000A tornado touched down at a ranch east of Devils Tower, where it destroyed an old house and barn, and snapped and uprooted large Ponderosa pine trees along its track.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAlva$10,000The combination of hail and wind caused minor damage at Cook Lake.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHulett$10,000Numerous large tree limbs and several small trees were blown down.
July 2000HailNew Haven$10,000Several windows were broken. Also several cattle and antelope were killed.
July 2013HailHulett$10,000no account filed
August 2012HailSundance$10,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindAladdin$10,000no account filed
May 1996Tornado (F1)Hulett$10,000no account filed
July 2009HailHulett$7,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLightning Flat$5,000The strong winds uprooted about 30 trees and blew over heavy farm equipment.
June 2015Flash FloodMoorcroft$5,000Two to three feet of water was reported over Wind Creek Road. The road was washed out in eight places.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindKeyhole Reservoir$5,000Strong winds lifted the roof off a barn.
July 2013HailMoorcroft$5,000Hail accumulated four to six inches deep and damaged house siding and a camper.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLightning Flat$5,000Strong winds tore part of the roof off a shop, leaving just the rafters.
July 2011HailKeyhole Reservoir$5,000Hail from 1.0 to 2.5 inches in diameter fell for 30 minutes and broke windows on a house.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Haven$5,000Wind-driven hail punched holes in the siding and broke windows of a mobile home.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindMoorcroft$5,000Strong winds blew the roof off a garage. Winds were estimated around 60 mph.

Mines and quarries

194 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 194 workings inside this county. 23 still produce and 171 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Uranium109
Bentonite38
Fluorine-Fluorite14
Clay8
Gypsum-Anhydrite5
Gold4
Manganese2
Sand and Gravel, Construction2
Tin2
Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Garnet1
Gold, REE, Niobium (Columbium)1
Copper, Silver, Thorium1
Thorium1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anna No 2 FractionTin, Niobium (Columbium)Prospect
Bear Lodge Mountains areaGold, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Copper, Silver, Thorium, UraniumProspect
Black Butte DepositLead, SilverPast Producer
Carbonate ClaimsLead, ZincProspect
Copper Prince MineCopperUnknown
Home Guard Nos. 1, 2, and 3 claimsIronOccurrence
Negro Hill placersGold, Tin, Tungsten, GarnetOccurrenceCassiterite, Gold, Wolframite
Summit Materials QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
UnknownThoriumProspect
UnknownCalciumOccurrence
Bear Gulch PlacerTinPast Producer
Bull HillStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Bull Hill ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Driskell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand CreekTinOccurrenceCassiterite
Simmons StockpileSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified Gold OccurrenceGold, ManganeseOccurrenceGold
Watson Pit QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hutchins Consolidated Gold MiningGoldProspect
Warren PeaksGoldUnknown
Warren Peaks OccurrenceGoldOccurrenceGold
Beaver CreekGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Belle Fourche River No 2Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Government ValleyGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
HulettGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
American Colloid PitsClayPast Producer
Cedar Creek No 2ClayUnknown
Colony MineClayProducer
Gumbo CreekClayUnknown
Middle Creek #1ClayProducer
Missouri MineClayProducer
Oak Creek 2ClayUnknown
UnknownClayUnknown
Cole Canyon ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Corral Spring ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Jim Wayne CanyonFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Lytle Creek ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Peterson Claims, Bear Lodge MtnsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Peterson DepositsFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Redwater ClaimsFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Redwater ClaimsFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Royal Purple #1 & 2Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Royal Purple N0s. 1&2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
UnknownFluorine-FluoriteProspect
UnknownFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
UnknownFluorine-FluoriteProspect
UnknownFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Baroid Colony MillBentoniteProducer
Baroid Colony MineBentoniteProducer
Bear Gulch AreaBentoniteUnknown
Belle Fourche River No 1BentoniteUnknown
Belle Fourche River No 3BentoniteUnknown
Bentonite SpurBentoniteProducer
Cedar Creek No 1BentoniteProducer
Crow CreekBentoniteProducer
Elkhorn CreekBentoniteUnknown
Federal Colony MillBentoniteProducer
International Colony MillBentoniteProducer
Middle Creek #2BentoniteProducer
Montana CreekBentoniteUnknown
Pine Ridge 2BentoniteUnknown
Sage AreaBentoniteProducer
South of ColonyBentoniteProducer
UnknownBentoniteProducer
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentonitePast Producer
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteProspect
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteUnknown
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteUnknown
Wimco MineBentoniteProducer
A. H. ClaimUraniumOccurrence
A.A.Johnson PropertyUraniumUnknown
AckermanUraniumPast Producer
AladdinUraniumProducerStratabound
ApexUraniumOccurrenceVein
Barnard CanyonUraniumOccurrence
Bear Creek MountainsUraniumOccurrence
Black Vein 7UraniumOccurrence
Busfield MineUraniumPast Producer1956
C. CockranUraniumOccurrence
Cabin Creek 4 and 7UraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Cabin Creek No. 6UraniumUnknown
Campstool 9 and 11UraniumOccurrence
Carlile MineUraniumPast Producer1952, 1953, 1955
Claim #1UraniumProspect
Claim #2UraniumOccurrence
Claims #3 and #4UraniumOccurrence
Claims #5 and #11UraniumOccurrence
Climax 10UraniumProspect
CochrunUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Davidson PropertyUraniumOccurrence
DennisUraniumPast Producer
Elkhorn Properties (Elkhorn Project)UraniumProspect
Gose Ranch PropertyUraniumProspect
Graves 1UraniumProspect
GriffithUraniumPast Producer
Hauber MineUraniumPast ProducerStratabound
Hauber Project properties (Elkhorn Project)UraniumProspect
HelmerUraniumUnknown
Helmer (Sec. 19)UraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Holmes LeaseUraniumPast Producer
Homes Fire Lode 43UraniumProspect
Homestake Lode 1UraniumPast Producer
Homestake PropertyUraniumProspect
Inum 1 ClaimUraniumProspect
Inum GroupUraniumOccurrence
J. C. Vieragutz PropertyUraniumOccurrence
Jones, Bury, & Murdock Property #1UraniumOccurrence
Jones, Bury, & Murdock Property #1UraniumOccurrence
Jubilee MineUraniumUnknownStratabound
Laymon LeaseUraniumPast ProducerUraninite
Lewis DennisUraniumUnknown
Locality #17UraniumOccurrence
Lytle 3 ClaimUraniumProspect
Lytle 5 ClaimUraniumProspect
Manke LeaseUraniumPast Producer
Melani 2 Claim ?UraniumOccurrence
NelsonUraniumUnknown
Nelson PropertyUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
New HavenUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
New Haven 28UraniumOccurrenceStratabound
New Haven HomestakeUraniumOccurrence
Nubeth Joint VentureUraniumProducer
Oak CreekUraniumOccurrence
Oldman Mining Co PropUraniumOccurrence
Paul MyersUraniumProspect
Pearson Bros. PropertyUraniumOccurrence
Pine RidgeUraniumPast Producer
Poison CreekUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Potluck 1 & 2UraniumOccurrence
Red Rock 1UraniumOccurrence
Red Rock 2UraniumOccurrence
Richards PropertyUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Saddle GroupUraniumProspectStratabound
Sand Lode 4UraniumProspect
SissonUraniumUnknown
Sodak MineUraniumUnknown
State Lease 22090UraniumPast Producer
StormUraniumPast Producer
Sunrise LodeUraniumProspect
Thorn DivideUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Thorn Ridge MineUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Tony 1UraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumProducerStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumProducerStratabound
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumProspect
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
Vickers Mine (Kay)UraniumPast Producer1957
Victory LodeUraniumProspect
Viergutz 1UraniumProspect
Viergutz 2 & 3UraniumProspect
Viergutz ProspectsUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Viertgutz PropertyUraniumProspect
Virgina 16UraniumPast ProducerStratabound

Every populated place in the county

22

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Crook County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.