Deerwood, Wyoming
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1906 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Deerwood between 1993 and 2016, burning about 32 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 305 |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | ROAD 305 |
| 6 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | STRAIN CREEK #2 |
| 6 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | STRAIN CREEK |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | DEERWOOD |
| 26 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 25 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | LOG |
| 24 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | OVAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Deerwood: 13 past producers, 9 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Uranium, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer Placer Claim | Gold, Iridium, Platinum, Osmium, Palladium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Centennial Ridge District | Gold, Platinum, Palladium | Past Producer | 1874, 1875 | |
| Columbine Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | 1927 | |
| Empire Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Osmium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Iridium | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Fall Creek Placer | Gold, Rhodium, Osmium, Platinum | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Free Gold Claim | Gold, Copper, Silver, Platinum | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Independence Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Nickel, Osmium, Iridium | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Independence Placer | Gold, Osmium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Kentucky Derby Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Iridium, Osmium, Palladium, Platinum | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Queen Mill Run | Gold, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deerwood in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Deerwood | - | Reported flooding across low lying areas south of Centennial near the North Fork Little Laramie River after 2 inches of heavy rain fell in less than an hour just north of Centennial and on the west slopes of Sheep Mountain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Centennial | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Keystone | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Collins (historical) | 8.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hatton | 9.2 miles | 23 | |
| Woods Landing | 10.7 miles | 16 | |
| Foxpark | 10.9 miles | 17 | |
| New Jelm | 12.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Deerwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622132 | 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 1599217. 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.
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.









