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Clayton, Wyoming

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glenrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82637. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenrock quadrangle.

Clayton within Converse County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Clayton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,977 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/undetermined10
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresConverse CountyMAGEE
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCasper Field OfficeMM 160
7 August 2019Natural4.0 acresConverse CountyTILLARD FIRE 1
30 August 2005Railroad operations and maintenance3,030 acresCasper Field OfficeBIXBY
3 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreConverse CountyMILLER ROAD
27 August 2020Natural414 acresConverse CountyTOP OF THE WORLD
25 August 2019Natural2.0 acresConverse CountySILVER SPRUCE/BOXELDER RD
17 August 2003Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Converse County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Clayton: 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Abbott Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brubaker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forbis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irvine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Converse County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayton in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025HailClayton-Time estimated via radar. Emergency manager reports golf ball size hail.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Clayton-Photos and video confirmed a landspout near the power plant at Glenrock. No damage was reported.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindClayton-The WYDOT sensor at Deer Creek measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindClayton-Thunderstorm outflow wind gusts estimated near 70 mph caused significant damage to a porch and shingle roof along 55 Ranch Road and near Highway 95 mile post 10 northeast of Rolling Hills Estates.
May 2018HailClayton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Converse 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
Rolling Hills6.0 miles9
Glenrock6.4 miles9
Parkerton11.7 miles9
Orpha13.1 miles9
Boxelder17.5 miles9
Birkner Hill18.0 miles8
Whipple Hollow18.7 miles8
Douglas20.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597260. 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.