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Crestview, Wyoming

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Gillette South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82718. The Survey maps it on The Gap quadrangle.

Crestview within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

154 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Crestview between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,056 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined45
Fireworks20
Natural16
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryIR# 1685
8 September 2010Fireworksunder an acreWyoming State Forestry126
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 September 2012Smokingunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
6 September 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCampbell CountyLEDOUX AVENUE
5 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryFOX PARK
26 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresConverse CountyTIRE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Crestview: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clyde PotterStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hornet PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hines PitPumiceProducer
Shepherd PitPumiceProducer
LocalityUraniumOccurrence
School Section MineUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Campbell 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
Antelope Valley0.4 miles9
Sunburst2.1 miles10
Sleepy Hollow2.2 miles9
Collins Heights4.1 miles10
Gillette4.4 miles9
Wyodak5.9 miles10
Rozet13.9 miles8
Pleasantdale17.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2413624. 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.