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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1909 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Acme quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 29 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Fireworks | 40 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | MP 15.50 I-90 EAST BOUND |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | 210 acres | Casper Field Office | IVY |
| 14 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.2 acres | Buffalo Field Office | THUNDER CHILD |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Sheridan County | DECKER ROAD FIRE |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Sheridan County | HIGHWAY 338 |
| 18 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue River Stone Co | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Acme | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kleenburn | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Monarch | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sheridan | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ranchester | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wyarno | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| Beckton | 13.6 miles | 17 | |
| Powder Horn | 14.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dayton | 14.9 miles | 15 |
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.






