BlockBeckton, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sheridan South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82801. It stands on Park Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beckton quadrangle. It stands 4,082 feet above sea level.
On record in Beckton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creeklisted 1985 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1895 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Beckton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Beckton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Beckton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. None 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Sheridan County | BECKTON HALL |
| 14 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 20 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
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 Beckton: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullinax Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Big Horn | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Powder Horn | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sheridan | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ranchester | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dayton | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Monarch | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kleenburn | 12.4 miles | 15 |
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 Q133254796 | The 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 1598086. 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.