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Howell, Wyoming

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laramie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82072. The Survey maps it on the Howell quadrangle.

Howell within Albany County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Howell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 August 2008Natural1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
28 July 2006Natural5.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
27 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
13 July 2012Railroad operations and maintenance70 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
12 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
12 June 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlbany CountyTRUSSES FIRE
17 May 2013Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandMIDDLE LODGEPOLE
26 April 2012Natural5.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany 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 Howell: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
LaramieGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Laramie AreaGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howell in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Tornado (EF2)Howell-A satellite tornado formed two miles to the south of the parent tornado. The tornado damaged treetops and caused significant structural damage to a well-built attached garage, which collapsed as it lifted off the foundation and shifted to the east. In addition, several nearby structures had minor damage to siding and shingles as the tornado was observed moving through the Antelope Ridge Loop subdivision, six miles north of Laramie, and into open country.
July 2019HailHowell-no account filed

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
Wyoming4.3 miles18
Laramie7.5 miles19
West Laramie7.5 miles19
Bosler Junction10.0 miles8
Bosler11.7 miles8
Red Buttes16.3 miles18
Cooper Lake16.9 miles8
The Buttes17.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597358. 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.