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Bishop, Wyoming

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82604. It stands on South Fork Casper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle.

Bishop within Natrona County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Bishop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,192 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined43
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined174 acresCasper Field OfficeARAPAHOE
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCasper Field Office6 MILE
20 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance80 acresCasper Field OfficeBISHOP
20 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresCasper Field OfficeCASPER CREEK
14 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCasper Field Office6 MILE
11 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresCasper Field OfficeCANAL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bishop in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBishop-Wind gusts of 60 to 71 mph were measured by an anemometer along Interstate 25 north of Casper.
August 2013HailBishop-The Natrona County emergency manager reported nickel sized hail along Interstate 25 near Antelope Hills north of Casper.
August 2013Flash FloodBishop-A strong thunderstorm continued its march through northern Natrona County. The storm produced heavy rain estimated at nearly 1.5 inches in 35 minutes. The rain flooded an Interstate 25 underpass to a depth of five feet just south of Antelope Hills. Some minor flooding also occurred on northbound Interstate 25. Run-off from the heavy rain funneled toward the interstate and underpass from higher terrain to the east.
July 2009HailBishop-Penny to quarter sized hail fell near mile marker 206 on Interstate 25 north of Casper.
June 2008HailBishop-One inch diameter hail was reported in Homa Hills.

Every storm recorded in Natrona 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
Homa Hills5.0 miles11
Air Base Acres5.2 miles11
Vista West6.3 miles11
Bar Nunn6.4 miles11
Richardson Acres7.0 miles11
Hartrandt7.3 miles11
Mountain View7.9 miles11
Midwest Heights8.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597221. 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.