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Alcova Po, Wyoming

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82620. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alcova quadrangle.

Alcova Po within Natrona County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Alcova Po between 1992 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
2 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeFREMONT CA
7 August 2011Fireworksunder an acreCasper Field OfficeLAKE SHORE
6 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresCasper Field OfficeMILES RANCH 2
6 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresCasper Field OfficeMILES RANCH 1
30 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined151 acresCasper Field OfficeGRAY REEF
29 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
27 August 2018Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCANYON
25 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCasper Field OfficeLAKE SHORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alcova Po: 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Geothermal, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium. 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
Alcova AreaGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Alcova Hot SpringGeothermalUnknown
U.M.S.I.N.C. Claim #8UraniumOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteProspect
UnknownBentoniteProspect

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
Alcova0.7 miles7
Bessemer Bend17.4 miles11
Bessemer (historical)18.0 miles11
Goose Egg18.8 miles11
Red Butte22.9 miles11
Eadsville (historical)22.9 miles8
Red Buttes Village23.4 miles11
Casper Mountain24.2 miles8

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 Q122597544The 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 1597198. 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.