Bucknum, Wyoming
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82604. It lies near Tie Bridge Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Burlington Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Burlington Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Midwest quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Bucknum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,251 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 2001 | Natural | 1,354 acres | Casper Field Office | CASPER CRE |
| 20 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Casper Field Office | NATRONA 3 |
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | 100 acres | Natrona County | SAND HILL |
| 4 August 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 7.2 acres | Casper Field Office | SANDHILLS |
| 18 August 2000 | Natural | 157 acres | Casper Field Office | GLODENEYE |
| 15 August 2011 | Natural | 233 acres | Casper Field Office | BUCKNUM 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucknum in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 2015 | Hail | Bucknum | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was observed by a trained spotter near the intersection of US Highway 20/26 and Bucknum Road west of Casper. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucknum | - | A storm chaser estimated gusts of at least 60 mph from an outflow boundary northwest of Casper. |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Bucknum | - | A funnel cloud was observed about 20 miles northwest of Casper. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrie | 6.1 miles | 6 | |
| Beck Place | 9.3 miles | 6 | |
| Natrona | 9.7 miles | 6 | |
| Bishop | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Air Base Acres | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| Homa Hills | 14.3 miles | 11 | |
| Vista West | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Antelope Hills | 16.5 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bucknum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19600610 | 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 1597236. 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.




