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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.

Air Base Acres within Natrona 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

134 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined83
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use28 acresNatrona CountyPOWER LINE
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestry (CPC Area)EMIGRANT GAP 2
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNatrona CountyZERO
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNatrona CountyEMIGRANT GAP 3
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestry (CPC Area)EMIGRANT GAP 1
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCasper Field Office6 MILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boels-Rimrock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Midwest-Thoeming & WakemClayProducer

Every working recorded in Natrona 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
Vista West1.1 miles11
Mountain View3.4 miles11
Midwest Heights4.6 miles11
Mills4.9 miles11
Hartrandt5.0 miles11
Paradise Valley5.0 miles11
Bishop5.2 miles11
Red Buttes Village5.2 miles11

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 Q122547060The 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.