BlockHeldt, Wyoming
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Torrington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82243. The Survey maps it on the Cottier quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Patrick quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Cottier quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Cottier quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Heldt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 322 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Goshen County | HWY 154 |
| 1 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Goshen County | GID CANAL BURN |
| 1 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Goshen County | ROAD 62 |
| 1 February 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Goshen County | MUD SPRINGS WELDER FIRE 2 |
| 1 October 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heldt in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Heldt | - | Public report of 1.75in hail. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Heldt | - | Public observers sent photos of oad covered in quarter sized hail 3 inches deep. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Heldt | - | Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail near Lingle Wyoming. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Heldt | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veteran | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cottier | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Yoder | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Silver Tip | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| South Torrington | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Torrington | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lingle | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Fonda | 11.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597348. 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.