BlockElmo, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hanna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82327. It lies near Standpipe Draw. The Survey maps it on the Elmo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Hanna quadrangle1:62500, 3 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 Elmo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Elmo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 218 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 | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.7 acres | Carbon County | HANNA FIRE HALL |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | WEST HANNA |
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Carbon County | HANNA CEMETERY FIRE |
| 14 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | SNOW FENCE |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 106 acres | Carbon County | WHITE TANK |
| 1 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Rawlins Field Office | STRIP MINE |
| 23 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | HANNA RAILROAD |
| 22 July 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Rawlins Field Office | ARCH 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanna | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sampo (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Carbon | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Coyote Springs | 14.1 miles | 16 | |
| Edson | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Elk Mountain | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Paradise | 15.3 miles | 9 | |
| Oil Springs | 16.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1588275. 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.