BlockBurris, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wind River Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82512. It stands on Little Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burris quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Burris quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Gannett Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Burris between 2001 and 2019, burning about 462 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River Agency | DINWOODY |
| 15 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River Agency | DINWOODY |
| 16 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 27 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 450 acres | Wind River Agency | CROWHEART |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fremont County | NONE |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Fremont County | NONE |
| 11 April 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burris in 2 storm reports in 2019: 2 flash flood. 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Burris | $75,000 | A second day of slow moving thunderstorms brought a second day of mud and water flowing across US 20 26 southeast of Dubois. The Wyoming Department of Transportation was once again called out to clear mud and debris from the road. A nearby resident had two culverts damaged on his property as well as roads and landscaping. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Burris | - | Heavy rain and a clogged culvert caused rain and mud to flow across US Route 20 26 about 13 miles east of Dubois, Wyoming between mile markers 69 and 70. The Wyoming Department of Transportation had bring out plow trucks to remove the mud. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowheart | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Willow Creek | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bain Place | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| Collins Place | 15.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dubois | 22.2 miles | 17 | |
| Morton | 28.8 miles | 9 | |
| DuNoir | 31.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pavillion | 32.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597240. 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.