BlockCassa, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Glendo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82213. It stands on North Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cassa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Hartville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Hartville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Cassa quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cassa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Cassa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Cassa between 1994 and 2020, burning about 19,312 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Casper Field Office | PARK |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2017 | Natural | 268 acres | Casper Field Office | ROCKHOUSE 2 |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 3 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 28 July 2014 | Natural | 343 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | MIDDLE BEAR |
| 25 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 20 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 148 acres | Casper Field Office | WENDOVER CANYON |
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 Cassa: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassa Area | Silica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cassa in 5 storm reports in 2019: 4 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Hail | Cassa | - | Windows and sky lights of buildings at the Glendo Marina in addition to cars in the parkling lots were badly damaged by the large hail. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassa | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Cassa | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Cassa | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Cassa | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597254. 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.