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Ferguson Corner, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wheatland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82201. The Survey maps it on the Ferguson Corner quadrangle. It stands 5,095 feet above sea level.

Ferguson Corner within Platte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

33 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Ferguson Corner between 2002 and 2020, burning about 3,036 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
16 September 2018Arson/incendiarism120 acresPlatte CountyHWY 34
16 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
16 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
10 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
10 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
8 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresPlatte CountyOLSON & AYERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Storms near this place

14 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferguson Corner in 14 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-WYDOT mesonet station Bordeaux (KBRX) along Interstate 25 measured wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 25 at Bordeaux (KBRX) measured wind gust 9 miles south of Wheatland.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 25 at Bordeaux (KBRX) measured wind gust 9 miles south of Wheatland.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-A wind gust to 58 MPH was recorded at the Bordeaux WYDOT sensor.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-A wind gust to 63 MPH was recorded at the Bordeaux WYDOT sensor.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-WYDOT mesonet station Bordeaux (KBRX) along Interstate 25 measured maximum wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-WYDOT mesonet station Bordeaux (KBRX) along Interstate 25 measured maximum wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-The WYDOT sensor at Bordeaux (BRX) recorded a wind gust to 68 MPH.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-WYDOT mesonet station KBRX - Bordeaux along I-25 reported wind gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor at Bordeaux along Interstate 25 measured the reported thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2019Flash FloodFerguson Corner-Portions of Interstate 25 near mile marker 69 had water flowing over the roadway in a video sent.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindFerguson Corner-The WYDOT sensors at Coleman and Bordeaux measured peak wind gusts between 58 and 60 mph.
May 2016FloodFerguson Corner-Flooding from high elevation snow melt runoff occurred along Chugwater Creek and its tributaries. County officials closed many of the roads in and around Chugwater including Iron Mountain and Happy Hollow. Other creeks and streams were at or above bankfull with areas of lowland flooding.
June 2015HailFerguson Corner-Hen egg size hail was reported at Interstate 25 mile marker 73.

Every storm recorded in Platte County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Whiting3.9 miles13
Natwick3.9 miles8
Gibson4.3 miles13
Y-O Ranch5.4 miles13
Wheatland6.8 miles13
Chugcreek7.0 miles13
Bordeaux7.5 miles8
Westview Circle8.5 miles9

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 Q122544627The 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 1588421. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.