BlockDakoming, Wyoming
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82701. The Survey maps it on the Dewey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Dewey quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Dakoming between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,537 acres in total. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Black Hills National Forest | TWIN BUTTES |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Natural | 70 acres | Black Hills National Forest | WILDCAT |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Black Hills National Forest | SULLIVAN |
| 6 August 2015 | Natural | 4.5 acres | New Castle Field Office | CLIFTON |
| 5 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | TRIANGLE FLATS |
| 31 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4,415 acres | Casper Field Office | DEWEY 2 |
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 Dakoming: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Bentonite | Prospect | ||
| Gerald Barrow #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gerald Darrow #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gerald Darrow #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Alray Uranium Mine | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Elk Mountain (uranium) | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Foster | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| L. Shuck Property | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Wicker-Baldwin Prospect | Uranium | Past Producer | Metatyuyamunite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hill View Heights | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Morrisey | 17.4 miles | 9 | |
| Newcastle | 19.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cambria (historical) | 24.7 miles | 11 | |
| Osage | 32.3 miles | 9 | |
| Four Corners (historical) | 33.3 miles | 15 | |
| Clareton (historical) | 33.6 miles | 5 |
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 Q122572400 | 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 1597276. 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.