BlockEmbar, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thermopolis West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82443. The Survey maps it on the Embar quadrangle.
On record in Embar
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Woodruff Cabin Sitelisted 1970 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Embar quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Embar between 2004 and 2020, burning about 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 August 2004 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Wind River Agency | DRYCTNWOOD |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River Agency | RILEY FLATS |
| 27 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wind River Agency | RED CREEK |
| 3 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Hotsprings County | TODD |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hotsprings County | OWL CREEK |
| 18 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Worland Field Office | MILL IRON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Dome | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Owl Creek | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Grass Creek | 15.7 miles | 12 | |
| Thermopolis | 24.9 miles | 8 | |
| Red Lane | 24.9 miles | 8 | |
| East Thermopolis | 25.6 miles | 8 | |
| Minnesela | 25.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lucerne | 26.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597309. 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.