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Buckhorn, Wyoming

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82701. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle.

Buckhorn within Weston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 918 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
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
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDEER SPRING
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestWALDO
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestRESISTOL
30 September 2005Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSTOVEHOLE
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
18 September 2005Natural5.5 acresBlack Hills National ForestSTANTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weston County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Buckhorn: 4 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rawhauser QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Miller QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Land QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteProspect

Every working recorded in Weston 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
Four Corners (historical)5.5 miles15
Horton6.0 miles15
Skull Creek14.7 miles16
Cambria (historical)15.6 miles11
Osage20.8 miles9
Newcastle21.1 miles13
Clay Spur22.0 miles16
Hill View Heights22.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597235. 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.