BlockFrench Vee, Wyoming
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ten Sleep census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82442. It stands on Middle Fork Little Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horse Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Horse Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Nowater Creek quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of French Vee between 1995 and 2020, burning about 3,392 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 6.9 acres | Worland Field Office | HOMESTEAD |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 127 acres | Worland Field Office | FERRIS CR |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River / Bighorn Basin District | BLIND MESA |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River / Bighorn Basin District | ROCKY POINT |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 3,017 acres | Worland Field Office | LITTLE CANYON CREEK |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | BOXELDER |
| 27 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | BIG TRAILS |
| 25 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | LITTLE CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of French Vee: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Sleep | 24.6 miles | 17 | |
| Airport Road | 42.3 miles | 8 | |
| South Flat | 43.2 miles | 10 | |
| Worland | 43.3 miles | 10 | |
| Washakie Ten | 44.1 miles | 10 | |
| Colter | 44.4 miles | 10 | |
| Durkee | 45.8 miles | 9 | |
| Eccles | 45.9 miles | 9 |
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 Q122560174 | 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 1597325. 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.