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Eadsville, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Casper South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82601. It lies near Casper Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Crimson Dawn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Eadsville within Natrona County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Eadsville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,226 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 1 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCASPER MOUNTAIN
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15,556 acresCasper Field OfficeSHEEPHERDER HILL
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeMUDDY MOUNTAIN
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCOAL MTN
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeMILLS RANCH FIRE
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresCasper Field OfficeCIRCLE DRIVE
5 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresNatrona CountyGARDEN CREEK
26 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCasper Field OfficeGRADEN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Eadsville (historical): 9 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Feldspar, Vanadium. 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
Big Red CreekGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Casper Mountain MineChromiumProspect1911
Koch feldspar depositFeldsparPast Producer
Koch gold and silver depositGold, SilverOccurrenceGold, Silver
Koch's manganese depositManganeseOccurrence
Rim Rock Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownVanadiumOccurrence
UnknownMagnesiteOccurrence
Koch hematite deposit on Casper MountainIronOccurrenceReplacement
Koch siliceous iron prospectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Natrona 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
Casper Mountain1.4 miles8
Crimson Dawn3.9 miles8
Allendale6.2 miles11
Paradise Valley6.4 miles11
Red Buttes Village6.4 miles11
Thorndale Acres6.4 miles11
Red Butte6.7 miles11
Goose Egg7.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597301. 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.