BlockElkol, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Kemmerer West census division. It lies near Cavanaugh Peak. The Survey maps it on the Elkol 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.
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Elkol quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Kemmerer quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Elkol between 1992 and 2017, burning about 100 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Lincoln County | WESTMORLAND MINE |
| 22 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | CIGAR FIRE |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | CIGAR 2 |
| 25 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Lincoln County | 189 NORTH |
| 19 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Lincoln County | POWERLINE |
| 17 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | KFD FIRE |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | OAKLEY |
| 2 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | KEMMERER SOUTH FIRE |
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 Elkol: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown (unverifiable) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blazon Junction | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Diamondville | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kemmerer | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Willow Addition | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Frontier | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fossil | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Opal | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sage | 19.3 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558260 | The 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 1588265. 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.