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Echeta, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Gillette North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82716. It stands on Rough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Echeta quadrangle. It stands 4,065 feet above sea level.

Echeta within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Echeta between 1992 and 2016, burning about 771 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresWyoming State ForestryECHETA
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
18 September 2004Debris and open burning289 acresBuffalo Field OfficeDOULBE GAT
20 August 1996Natural390 acresCasper Field OfficeECHETA
7 July 2013Natural1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryIR#1092
2 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
2 July 2016Natural8.9 acresBuffalo Field OfficePOWDER RIVER
17 July 2012Natural1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryIR# 1204

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Echeta in 69 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 41 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Flash FloodEcheta$25,000Water ponded along the Burlington-Santa Fe railroad tracks ten miles northwest of Gillette. The heavy rain left ruts in some gravel roads.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindEcheta-WY mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindEcheta-WY mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2013HailEcheta-Quarter size hail was reported near mile marker 106 of Interstate 90.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEcheta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2004HailEcheta-Penny sized hail covered the ground.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
June 2022HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2021HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
June 2021HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2020HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2020HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2020HailEcheta-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
July 2019HailEcheta-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
June 2018HailEcheta-no account filed
June 2018HailEcheta-no account filed
June 2018HailEcheta-no account filed
June 2018HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
July 2018HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
May 2017HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2016HailEcheta-no account filed
June 2015HailEcheta-no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
May 2013HailEcheta-no account filed
May 2013HailEcheta-no account filed
May 2013HailEcheta-no account filed
May 2013HailEcheta-no account filed
May 2013HailEcheta-no account filed
June 2013HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
June 2010HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed
May 2008HailEcheta-no account filed
July 2008HailEcheta-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindEcheta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell 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
Croton6.1 miles8
Wildcat14.5 miles8
Spotted Horse17.4 miles8
Recluse21.5 miles8
Gillette22.9 miles9
Sunburst24.8 miles10
Collins Heights25.9 miles10
Crestview26.8 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on EchetaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622325The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597304. 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.