Collins Heights, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Gillette North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82718. It stands on Stonepile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gillette East quadrangle.
On record in Collins Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Campbell County State Experiment Farm, Exhibition Halllisted 2024 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Gillette East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:100000
- 1974 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Collins Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,699 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 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 | 55 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Fireworks | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | ECHETA ROAD |
| 8 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | IR# 1685 |
| 8 September 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | 126 |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Campbell County | WYODAK |
| 5 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | FOX PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Collins Heights: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkhardt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clyde Potter | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hines Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Hornet Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shepherd Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyodak | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gillette | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sunburst | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Crestview | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Antelope Valley | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Rozet | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Adon | 19.1 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554006 | 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 2413622. 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.






