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Athol, Wyoming

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cheyenne West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82007. The Survey maps it on the Cheyenne South quadrangle.

Athol within Laramie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Athol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,918 acres in total. None 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning8
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestry1125
2 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreLaramie CountyREKINDLE 1
16 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestry1076
1 September 2020Fireworks125 acresLaramie County2020-1316
7 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
30 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreLaramie CountyELMWOOD
26 August 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresLaramie CountyTUCKAWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laramie County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Athol: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Laramie 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
Gleason2.4 miles18
Speer4.6 miles16
Orchard Valley5.8 miles18
South Greeley5.9 miles18
Cheyenne8.8 miles17
Altvan10.2 miles12
Otto14.1 miles14
Ranchettes14.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1608482. 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.