Boxelder, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Glenrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82637. It stands on Snowshoe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Buffalo Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Buffalo Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Boxelder between 1995 and 1996, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Casper Field Office | NEGRO GULC |
| 1 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 October 1995 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boxelder: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr-Mcgee Post Grp.Claims-No.2 | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boxelder in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2018: 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Boxelder | - | A brief tornado spin-up occurred along Cold Springs Road southwest of Douglas. An outbuilding was completely destroyed (DI 1, DOD 8). |
| July 2018 | Hail | Boxelder | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Boxelder | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Boxelder | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Place | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Leahy Place | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Glenrock | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Parkerton | 17.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clayton | 17.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rolling Hills | 19.9 miles | 9 | |
| Orpha | 25.1 miles | 9 | |
| Douglas | 27.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597587. 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.




