Goose Egg, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82604. It lies near Jackson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Goose Egg quadrangle. It stands 4,026 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Goose Egg quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Goose Egg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Casper quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Goose Egg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,713 acres in total. 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | COAL MTN |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | WEST END |
| 25 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Natrona County | HWY 220 FIRE |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Casper Field Office | COAL MOUNTAIN ROAD |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Casper Field Office | COTTONWOOD CREEK |
| 23 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | SHOOTING RANGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Goose Egg: 5 prospects, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Breaks #1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Lower Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Goose Egg #2 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| Red Buttes | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Bates Creek Area No 2 | Bentonite | Prospect | ||
| Blue Hill Deposit | Bentonite | Prospect | ||
| Cottonwood Creek | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Goose Egg #1 | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Soap Creek #1 | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Southwest of Casper | Bentonite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goose Egg in 1 storm report in 2007: 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 2007 | Flash Flood | Goose Egg | $5,000 | Heavy rain earlier in the day caused ash, mud, and debris from the Jackson Canyon Fire burn scar to cover private driveways near Goose Egg. Access to State Highway 220 was cut-off due to the debris flow. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer Bend | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bessemer (historical) | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Red Butte | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Red Buttes Village | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Paradise Valley | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Eadsville (historical) | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Vista West | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mountain View | 8.2 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Goose Egg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714723 | 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 1597334. 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.
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.






