BlockDry Creek, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Meeteetse census division. The Survey maps it on the Elk Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1911 USGS Oregon Basin quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Oregon Basin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Basin quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Elk Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Dry Creek between 1996 and 2020, burning about 459 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | HOODOO |
| 16 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Worland Field Office | MEETEETRIM |
| 14 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.7 acres | Wind River / Bighorn Basin District | HOPKINS |
| 10 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cody Field Office | IRIS |
| 1 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Wind River / Bighorn Basin District | CEDAR RIDGE |
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | 189 acres | Cody Field Office | RED CABIN |
| 27 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Park County | HOODOO |
| 25 August 2017 | Natural | 54 acres | Cody Field Office | ELKHORN |
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 1597293. 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.