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Horse Creek, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cheyenne West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82061. It stands on South Fork Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horse Creek quadrangle. It stands 6,506 feet above sea level.

Horse Creek within Laramie County

On record in Horse Creek

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Horse Creek between 2008 and 2018, burning about 290 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
11 September 2018Natural100 acresLaramie CountyHORSE CREEK
5 August 2008Natural1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
16 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined189 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laramie County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Horse Creek: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension. 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
Great Western Sugar Co 1926Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Horse Creek QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laramie County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horse Creek in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 1995HailHorse Creek$1,000Large hail feel in and near Horse Creek. The hail injured a horse and broke all exterior lights on a house. The hail piled up to 6 to 8 inches deep in the one-half mile wide path.
June 2023HailHorse Creek-Quarter sized hail was reported by an NWS Employee approximately 5 miles NNE of Whitaker.
August 2018Flash FloodHorse Creek-Observer measured one inch of rainfall in short time and only had one accessible road off of property as the others have become washed out.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Horse Creek-Small tornado sighted half a mile west of Interstate 25 at mile marker 34.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHorse Creek-Estimated wind gusts of 65 mph were reported at Horse Creek.
July 2016HailHorse Creek-Marble to ping pong ball size hail was reported at Horse Creek.
July 2016HailHorse Creek-Half dollar size hail was reported on Interstate 25 24 miles north of Cheyenne.
June 2015HailHorse Creek-Ping pong ball size hail was observed 12 miles south-southeast of Horse Creek.
June 2015HailHorse Creek-Quarter size hail was observed one mile southeast of Horse Creek.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHorse Creek-Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph at Horse Creek.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHorse Creek-Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were observed in Horse Creek.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHorse Creek-Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were reported six miles west of Whitaker on County Road 228.
July 2014HailHorse Creek-Quarter size hail was observed at Horse Creek.
September 2014Heavy RainHorse Creek-A spotter measured 1.79 inches of rain.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHorse Creek-A wind gust of 77 mph was measured 12 miles south-southeast of Horse Creek.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Horse Creek-Public reported tornado on ground.
July 2010HailHorse Creek-Hail covered ground.
June 1999HailHorse Creek-1 3/4 inch,but mostly smaller, size hail fell 3 miles north of Horse Creek, WY
July 2019HailHorse Creek-no account filed
July 2018HailHorse Creek-no account filed
May 2010HailHorse Creek-no account filed
May 2004HailHorse Creek-no account filed
August 2002HailHorse Creek-no account filed
May 2000HailHorse Creek-no account filed
July 2000HailHorse Creek-no account filed
May 1998HailHorse Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laramie 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
Murke1.9 miles12
Islay7.1 miles13
Farthing9.2 miles8
Lambert14.6 miles7
Hecla17.8 miles15
Granite21.8 miles13
Otto23.1 miles14
Ranchettes24.8 miles17

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 Horse CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5905404The 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 1589684. 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.