BlockDurkee, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Worland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82401. The Survey maps it on the Rairden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rairden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Worland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Durkee between 1993 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. 4 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | 205 20 NORTH FIRE |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Worland Field Office | TEN MILE |
| 4 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washakie County | 650 WEST RIVER ROAD |
| 23 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | 1069 WEST RIVER ROAD |
| 19 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | SAND CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durkee in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | Flood | Durkee | $50,000 | Flooding of two ranches occurred along the Nowood River north of Ten Sleep. The ice jams formed on several bends in the serpentine river flooding ranch lands. At least one resident evacuated their residence as the water level climbed. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Durkee | - | A combination of very heavy rain, large amounts of small hail and a clogged culvert brought flash flooding east of Worland. Around 2 feet of water was running over US 16. The flooding was alleviated after the clog in the Culvert was cleared. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durkee | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph combined with one-half inch diameter hail to devastate barley and corn fields in northern Washakie County. There were a few cottonwood trees downed by the wind, one of which fell across State Highway 433. The same thunderstorm caused one irrigation ditch to fill quickly and produce minor flooding of a nearby road. |
| May 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Durkee | - | A trained spotter reported several funnel clouds as well as a rotating wall cloud north of Worland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eccles | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Washakie Ten | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| West River | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Worland | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Airport Road | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Colter | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| South Flat | 14.7 miles | 10 | |
| Winchester | 22.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597297. 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.