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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Ferguson Corner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Ferguson Corner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 2002Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Platte County | HWY 34 |
| 16 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Platte County | OLSON & AYERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2015Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | WYDOT mesonet station Bordeaux (KBRX) along Interstate 25 measured wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 25 at Bordeaux (KBRX) measured wind gust 9 miles south of Wheatland. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 25 at Bordeaux (KBRX) measured wind gust 9 miles south of Wheatland. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | A wind gust to 58 MPH was recorded at the Bordeaux WYDOT sensor. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | A wind gust to 63 MPH was recorded at the Bordeaux WYDOT sensor. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | WYDOT mesonet station Bordeaux (KBRX) along Interstate 25 measured maximum wind gust. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | WYDOT mesonet station Bordeaux (KBRX) along Interstate 25 measured maximum wind gust. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | The WYDOT sensor at Bordeaux (BRX) recorded a wind gust to 68 MPH. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | WYDOT mesonet station KBRX - Bordeaux along I-25 reported wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor at Bordeaux along Interstate 25 measured the reported thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Ferguson Corner | - | Portions of Interstate 25 near mile marker 69 had water flowing over the roadway in a video sent. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson Corner | - | The WYDOT sensors at Coleman and Bordeaux measured peak wind gusts between 58 and 60 mph. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Ferguson 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 2015 | Hail | Ferguson Corner | - | Hen egg size hail was reported at Interstate 25 mile marker 73. |
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.
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 Q122544627 | 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 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.



