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Durham, Wyoming

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cheyenne East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82060. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle.

Durham within Laramie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Durham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 521 acres in total. None 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Fireworks2.0 acresLaramie CountyMM 371 U.S. HWY. 30
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaramie County3594 JADE
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLaramie County3496 ARCHER FIRE
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresWyoming State Forestry1132
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined178 acresLaramie CountyDAN RANCH
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaramie CountyRAILROAD COMMAND
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLaramie County3302 I-80 SERVICE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laramie County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Durham: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dean Fogg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Laramie County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durham in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 7 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021HailDurham-NWS employee reported golf ball sized hail 8 miles northeast of Cheyenne.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Durham-Observer noticed brief touchdown of tornado from residence with no visible damage produced. Coordinating with local law enforcement and emergency management, no damage was confirmed with no discernible soil and grass disturbance to effectively determine path length and width and should be considered a rough estimate.
June 2017Tornado (EF0)Durham-A brief tornado touchdown occurred 11 miles northeast of Cheyenne approximately 1.25 miles southeast of the intersection of Highway 85 and CR 222. This tornado moved north causing damage to irrigation center pivot, windows, roof, and outbuildings of one rural residence (DI 4, DOD 4). The tornado moved across US Highway 85 and lifted approximately 1.75 miles northeast of the intersection of Highway 85 and CR 222.
July 2016HailDurham-Ping pong ball to golf ball size hail broke car windows on US Highway 85 north of Cheyenne.
July 2013HailDurham-Penny to quarter size hail was reported 10 miles northeast of Cheyenne.
July 2011HailDurham-Quarter size hail was observed just east of mile marker 375 on Interstate 80.
June 2020HailDurham-no account filed
July 2011HailDurham-no account filed
July 2011HailDurham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laramie County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hillsdale6.3 miles8
Altvan7.9 miles12
Arcola10.3 miles9
Ranchettes10.3 miles17
Burns12.6 miles9
Cheyenne12.7 miles17
South Greeley13.4 miles18
Orchard Valley14.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1587937. 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.