BlockHampton, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bridger Valley census division. It stands on Little Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hampton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hampton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Kemmerer quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hampton between 2014 and 2018, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta County | I-80 MP 42.5 |
| 22 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton in 1 storm report in 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | - | The HAMPT1 mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhurst | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Carter | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Carter Cedars | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Verne | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Antelope | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lyman | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Urie | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Fort Bridger | 15.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597342. 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.