BlockBadwater, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82642. It stands on Dry Fork Badwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Badwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Badwater quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lysite quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Badwater between 2006 and 2013, burning about 4 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | BADWATER 2 |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Casper Field Office | BADWATER 3 |
| 24 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | CEDAR GAP |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | CEDAR RIDGE |
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 Badwater: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allie Claims | Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Badwater in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Badwater | $17,000 | Heavy rain fell in the Buffalo and Cottonwood creek drainages in northwest Natrona County along the extreme southeast slope of the Bighorn Mountains. A nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped rainfall estimated at over one to two inches in one hour. Run-off quickly reached Buffalo Creek along the Buffalo Creek Road near a rural ranch. The creek swelled to be many times its normal size and flooded the road near the ranch. Debris was left on the roadway in the wake of the flood and a five-mile stretch of the road needed repair. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Badwater | - | A trained spotter reported that Badwater Creek was out of it's banks. One resident reported water coming inside their barn. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Badwater | - | One inch diameter hail was recorded by a CoCoRaHS observer. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swaim Place | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Arminto | 13.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hiland | 14.9 miles | 7 | |
| Osborne Place | 15.4 miles | 7 | |
| Waltman | 21.7 miles | 7 | |
| Raderville | 28.9 miles | 9 | |
| Powder River | 30.8 miles | 6 | |
| Natrona | 38.5 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597208. 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.
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.