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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1895 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Howell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 27 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 13 July 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 12 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 12 June 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Albany County | TRUSSES FIRE |
| 17 May 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | MIDDLE LODGEPOLE |
| 26 April 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laramie | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Laramie Area | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Tornado (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 2019 | Hail | Howell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Laramie | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| West Laramie | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bosler Junction | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bosler | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Red Buttes | 16.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cooper Lake | 16.9 miles | 8 | |
| The Buttes | 17.1 miles | 18 |
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.








