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Acme, Wyoming

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sheridan West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82801. It stands on Hidden Water Creek. The Survey maps it on the Acme quadrangle.

Acme within Sheridan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Acme between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,356 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Natural7
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2014Fireworks40 acresWyoming State ForestryMP 15.50 I-90 EAST BOUND
8 September 1998Natural210 acresCasper Field OfficeIVY
14 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
13 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.2 acresBuffalo Field OfficeTHUNDER CHILD
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSheridan CountyDECKER ROAD FIRE
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSheridan CountyHIGHWAY 338
18 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sheridan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Acme: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Tongue River Stone CoStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Sheridan County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acme in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 10 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2023HailAcme-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindAcme-Spotters estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 80 mph. The wind gust resulted in the top of a windmill being blown off, 6 diameter tree limbs down, a chicken coop being destroyed, and a haystack being knocked over with hay bales being blown 150 yards.
July 2023HailAcme-no account filed
August 2023HailAcme-no account filed
August 2021HailAcme-no account filed
July 2019HailAcme-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAcme-no account filed
July 2016HailAcme-no account filed
June 2014HailAcme-no account filed
June 2013HailAcme-no account filed
August 2013HailAcme-no account filed
June 2008HailAcme-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sheridan County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kleenburn1.5 miles15
Monarch2.7 miles15
Sheridan8.0 miles13
Ranchester9.5 miles15
Wyarno13.0 miles12
Beckton13.6 miles17
Powder Horn14.8 miles13
Dayton14.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1584695. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.