BlockEl Rancho, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glendo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82201. It lies near Coleman Butte. The Survey maps it on the Coleman Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Coleman Butte quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Coleman Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Laramie Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of El Rancho between 2001 and 2019, burning about 434 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Natural | 135 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | CHARLOTTE FIRE |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Platte County | CROW CREEK |
| 12 August 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Platte County | COTTONWOOD |
| 22 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | NORTH DWYER FIRE |
| 14 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | DWYER JUNCTION |
| 25 June 2012 | Natural | 82 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | FISH CREEK FIRE |
| 25 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | PEPPER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyer Junction | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dwyer | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wendover | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cassa | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Uva | 11.5 miles | 14 | |
| Curtis | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sibylee | 13.8 miles | 13 | |
| Westview Circle | 14.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2807539. 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.