BlockArcola, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cheyenne East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82054. The Survey maps it on the Arcola quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Arcola between 1994 and 2009, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 19 January 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcola in 8 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Hail | Arcola | - | Trained spotter reported hail sized up to 3 inches via SM with picture evidence. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Arcola | - | Video sent to emergency manager showing water flowing over county roads. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Arcola | - | Public reports quarter size hailstones. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcola | - | One inch hail was also reported by the spotter. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Arcola | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Interstate 80 20 miles east of Cheyenne. Hail drifts were six inches deep. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Arcola | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Arcola | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597205. 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.
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.