BlockDiamond, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Chugwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82210. It stands on North Chugwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitcomb Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Whitcomb Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Whitcomb Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Diamond in 2007, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2007 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diamond in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Diamond | - | A supercell thunderstorm first developed over far-east central Albany County near 3:45pm MDT. This storm moved east to east-southeast into Platte County near 4:15pm MDT with increasing signs of low-level rotation per KCYS radar. The first Tornado Warning was issued at 4:32pm MDT with a report of a brief tornado touchdown by the Chugwater Fire Chief at 4:46pm MDT over rural ranch land and BLM Public Lands. With no discernible debris field or land scarring, rating assigned to unknown. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diamond | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph about 12 miles north of Iron Mountain. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Diamond | - | Penny to quarter size hail was observed a half mile north of Iron Mountain Road 13 miles southwest of Chugwater. |
| April 2010 | Heavy Rain | Diamond | - | Burlington Northern Railroad reported the tracks washed out from high waters on the Spring and Chugwater creeks due to the heavy rainfall. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Diamond | - | no account filed |
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 1597287. 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.
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.