BlockElwood, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Saratoga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82325. It stands on Bottle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1939 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Red Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Elwood (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 9 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | DEAD HORSE |
| 6 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | NELLIE |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | GREEN MOUNTAIN |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | PAXSON |
| 16 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BOTTLE CREEK |
| 29 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | GREEN MOUNTAIN TWO |
| 17 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | DOANE |
| 10 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | SAWDUST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Elwood (historical): 10 prospects, 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Iron, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Belle Group | Silver, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Encampment District | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Encampment area (unnamed) | Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Gertrude | Copper, Iron, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hidden Treasure Mine | Copper, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kurtz-Chatterton Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Taylor Claim | Copper, Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | Bismutite, Bismite, Gold, Copper | |
| Tennant Property | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | |
| Unknown | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Mica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encampment | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Battle (historical) | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Riverside | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rambler (historical) | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Rudefeha (historical) | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Dillon (historical) | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Copperton (historical) | 12.9 miles | 16 | |
| Dexterville (historical) | 19.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1764012. 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.