BlockBirkner Hill, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Glenrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82633. The Survey maps it on the Holdup Hollow 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.
- 1955 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Highland Flats quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bill quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Holdup Hollow quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Birkner Hill between 1996 and 2016, burning about 10,934 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | 9,500 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | HENRY'S |
| 20 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 266 acres | Casper Field Office | ROSS ROAD |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | 1,160 acres | Casper Field Office | ROSS #1 |
| 6 November 2010 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | BLIZZARD HEIGHT |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Birkner Hill: 5 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anomaly #38 - Kerr Mcgee | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Anomaly #41- Kerr Mcgee | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Bill Smith Mine | Uranium | Producer | 1968 | |
| Bill Smith Mine | Uranium | Producer | ||
| D-7 Mine | Uranium | Producer | Stratabound | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birkner Hill in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birkner Hill | - | Mesonet station PC602 Glen Rock Rolling Hills recorded severe wind gust. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birkner Hill | - | Observer reported that thunderstorm winds tore off the roof of a utility shed in addition to twenty feet of long stock panels each weighing two-hundred fifty pounds were knocked over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hollow | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rolling Hills | 16.1 miles | 9 | |
| Clayton | 18.0 miles | 9 | |
| Glenrock | 19.3 miles | 9 | |
| Orpha | 21.1 miles | 9 | |
| Parkerton | 22.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ross | 24.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bill | 25.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122545824 | 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 1597220. 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.