Air Base Acres, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82604. It lies near Sixmile Draw. The Survey maps it on the Bishop 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.
- 1952 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Casper quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Air Base Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,687 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 1 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 | 83 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Natrona County | POWER LINE |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry (CPC Area) | EMIGRANT GAP 2 |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Natrona County | ZERO |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Natrona County | EMIGRANT GAP 3 |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry (CPC Area) | EMIGRANT GAP 1 |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Casper Field Office | 6 MILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Air Base Acres: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boels-Rimrock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Midwest-Thoeming & Wakem | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista West | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Mountain View | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Midwest Heights | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mills | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hartrandt | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Paradise Valley | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bishop | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Red Buttes Village | 5.2 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122547060 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1584720. 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.






