Cottier, Wyoming
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Torrington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82240. The Survey maps it on the Cottier quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 18 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 Patrick quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Cottier quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Cottier quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Cottier between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Goshen County | HWY 154 |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Goshen County | HWY92 & HWY 85 |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Goshen County | 202 ROCK RIDGE |
| 4 July 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 31 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Goshen County | SHOOTING RANGE |
| 18 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Goshen County | US HWY 26 |
| 17 July 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottier in 8 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 7 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 2025 | Hail | Cottier | - | Quarter size hail with estimated 60 mph winds. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Cottier | - | Initially quarter size hail quickly becoming larger closer to tennis ball size hail. Home received damage with broken windows. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottier | - | Goshen County Emergency Management reported structure and tree damage at the intersection of Road 60 and Road 33, 6 miles NE of Veteran. Estimated 70+ MPH wind gusts. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Cottier | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Cottier | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Cottier | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Cottier | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Cottier | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heldt | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| South Torrington | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Torrington | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Veteran | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Silver Tip | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Yoder | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Huntley | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lingle | 9.0 miles | 18 |
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 Q122569231 | 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 1597267. 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.





