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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.

Hermosa within Albany County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 1992

Regional 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 use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 August 2000Natural151 acresCasper Field OfficeGILBERT LK
28 April 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresRawlins Field OfficeDALE CREEK RR
18 November 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State ForestryCHEROKEE PARK RD
14 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
6 October 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
1 October 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aultman Pipe 1 ProspectDiamondOccurrence1961
Copper Float Group (Tie Siding)CopperProspect
Ferris 1 ProspectDiamondOccurrence1960
UnknownCopperOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Copper Float GroupUraniumUnknown
Hermosa ProspectFeldsparProspect

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHermosa-Wyoming Department of Transportation site at Pumpkin Vine measured the reported wind speed.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindHermosa-Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor at Summit East measured the wind gust.
July 2015HailHermosa-Quarter size hail was observed at Pumpkin Vine.
August 2015HailHermosa-Marble to quarter size hail was observed two miles south of Pumpkin Vine Road and one mile east of US Highway 287.
June 2014HailHermosa-Penny to quarter size hail was reported in Pumpkin Vine.

Every storm recorded in Albany County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tie Siding1.1 miles19
Dale Creek5.1 miles16
Sherman7.3 miles16
The Buttes7.5 miles18
Red Buttes8.9 miles18
Buford10.0 miles16
Hirsig12.4 miles19
Laramie16.7 miles19

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 HermosaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622142The 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.