BlockCurtis, Wyoming
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wheatland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82201. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wheatland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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
- 1951 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 2001 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. 2 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Platte County | 312 FIRE |
| 16 September 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Platte County | FESTO LAKE FIRE |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte County | 86 I-25 |
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte County | 97 FIRE |
| 4 August 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Platte County | PREUIT ROAD FIRE |
| 27 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Platte County | BASIN POLE FIRE |
| 22 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Platte County | RAWHIDE TRL FIRE |
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 Curtis: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basins Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 1597274. 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.