BlockEccles, 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
67 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Eccles between 1993 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 3 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 | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
| 19 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | SAND CREEK |
| 16 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durkee | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Washakie Ten | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| West River | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Worland | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Airport Road | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Colter | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| South Flat | 15.3 miles | 10 | |
| Winchester | 23.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597303. 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.