BlockKamms Corner, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Powell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82435. The Survey maps it on the Vocation quadrangle. It stands 4,813 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Vocation quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Powell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Kamms Corner between 2002 and 2020, burning about 46 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Natural | 15 acres | Park County | HUSKER |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | ANDO |
| 25 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Park County | 166 |
| 22 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Park County | 152 |
| 16 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Park County | 160 |
| 1 August 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Park County | 149 |
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 Kamms Corner: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sulfur | Unknown |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q132863398 | The 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 1597366. 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.