Hermosa, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82084. The Survey maps it on the Dale Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1905 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Sherman Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Sherman Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Dale Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hermosa between 1992 and 2016, burning about 154 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2000 | Natural | 151 acres | Casper Field Office | GILBERT LK |
| 28 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | DALE CREEK RR |
| 18 November 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | CHEROKEE PARK RD |
| 14 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 6 October 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 October 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
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 Hermosa: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Uranium, Garnet, Diamond. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aultman Pipe 1 Prospect | Diamond | Occurrence | 1961 | |
| Copper Float Group (Tie Siding) | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Ferris 1 Prospect | Diamond | Occurrence | 1960 | |
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Float Group | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Hermosa Prospect | Feldspar | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hermosa in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 3 hail, 2 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermosa | - | Wyoming Department of Transportation site at Pumpkin Vine measured the reported wind speed. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermosa | - | Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor at Summit East measured the wind gust. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Hermosa | - | Quarter size hail was observed at Pumpkin Vine. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Hermosa | - | Marble to quarter size hail was observed two miles south of Pumpkin Vine Road and one mile east of US Highway 287. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Hermosa | - | Penny to quarter size hail was reported in Pumpkin Vine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tie Siding | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Dale Creek | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sherman | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| The Buttes | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Red Buttes | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Buford | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hirsig | 12.4 miles | 19 | |
| Laramie | 16.7 miles | 19 |
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 Hermosa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622142 | 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 1589495. 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.






