BlockEdson, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hanna census division. The Survey maps it on the Walcott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Steele quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Edson between 1996 and 2018, burning about 38 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | UP654 |
| 8 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | WALCOTT RR |
| 2 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | SAINT MARYS |
| 29 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | RR 1 |
| 27 July 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | DANA RIDGE |
| 24 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.7 acres | Rawlins Field Office | WALCOTT |
| 21 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Rawlins Field Office | SAINT MARY |
| 20 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.6 acres | Rawlins Field Office | RR1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Edson: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Annie Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | Tyuyamunite, Metatyuyamunite | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Springs | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Walcott | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Steele | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hanna | 12.7 miles | 17 | |
| Elmo | 14.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sampo (historical) | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sinclair | 17.3 miles | 11 | |
| Old McKeal Place | 17.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597305. 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.