BlockDeadmans Corner, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Douglas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82633. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle. It stands 4,688 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Deadmans Corner between 1996 and 2020, burning about 257 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Converse County | REESE RD |
| 2 June 2012 | Natural | 12 acres | Casper Field Office | GLENDO |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Converse County | MM 122 |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Converse County | 18-20 |
| 6 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 196 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Deadmans Corner: 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkdoll Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fox #8 and #10 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammon | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Orin Junction | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Orin | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Shawnee | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lost Springs | 11.7 miles | 7 | |
| Irvine | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Douglas | 18.6 miles | 10 | |
| Esterbrook | 22.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q14714698 | 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 1597283. 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.