BlockIslay, Wyoming
13 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 82009. The Survey maps it on the Islay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Islay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Islay between 2018 and 2020, burning about 147 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2018 | Natural | 100 acres | Laramie County | HORSE CREEK |
| 11 March 2020 | Smoking | 47 acres | Laramie County | HORSE CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Islay: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Claim | Feldspar | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Creek | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Murke | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hecla | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Granite | 15.1 miles | 13 | |
| Otto | 16.0 miles | 14 | |
| Farthing | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ranchettes | 19.5 miles | 17 | |
| Cheyenne | 20.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597361. 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.