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Fonda, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goshen Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82244. The Survey maps it on the Hawk Springs quadrangle.

Fonda within Goshen County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Fonda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 604 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 August 2018Natural350 acresGoshen CountyRICHARDS
25 August 2018Naturalunder an acreGoshen CountyBUCKHOLDS
10 July 2018Natural1.0 acresGoshen CountyGRASS FIRE
10 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresGoshen CountyVINTON PLACE
10 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGoshen CountyBRIGGS
1 July 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresGoshen CountyHANSEN FIRE
1 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
1 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Goshen County

Storms near this place

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fonda in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2025HailFonda-Trained spottered reported half dollar sized hail 6 miles west of Hawk Springs.
June 2024HailFonda-Hail up to 4.5 inches in diameter was reported 6 miles NW of Hawk Springs.
June 2024HailFonda-A storm chaser reported 4+ inch diameter hail with wind gusts 60-70 MPH 4 miles SSW of Yoder.
June 2024Tornado (EFU)Fonda-A brief tornado was observed in rural Goshen County by numerous storm spotters|and emergency management personnel. Due to the rural nature of this tornado, only|limited damage to fencing was found, as well as scattered plant debris. Review of|video and photo sequences along with radar time-matching indicate that this tornado|likely began as a landspout, but quickly gained mesocyclonic characteristics as it|interacted with the updraft base, condensed a funnel, and slowed/occluded into the|storm. Regardless, without any damage of note this tornado will be recorded as EF-U.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Fonda-Numerous photos and video from storm spotters of a brief tornado touchdown over open country. No damage was reported. Confirmed by official NWS Storm Survey.
May 2015HailFonda-Quarter size hail was observed along Highway 313 about 10 miles west of Hawk Springs.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFonda-no account filed
June 2020HailFonda-no account filed
September 2019HailFonda-no account filed
July 2011HailFonda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Goshen 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
Hawk Springs4.3 miles12
Yoder5.3 miles13
Silver Tip5.5 miles13
Trelona (historical)8.3 miles13
Veteran9.4 miles12
Huntley10.5 miles13
Heldt11.2 miles18
Wycross12.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597317. 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.