BlockKane, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Big Horn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82431. It lies near Katys Nipple. The Survey maps it on the Kane quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1964 USGS Kane quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Powell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Kane between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,235 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | CAUSEWAY |
| 17 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | KANE RAMP |
| 12 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | CRYSTAL CR |
| 31 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | DRIFTWOOD |
| 16 July 2012 | Natural | 542 acres | Cody Field Office | TROUT CREEK |
| 15 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bighorn County | 60 |
| 2 June 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | TWISTER |
| 28 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cody Field Office | METAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Kane: 7 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Sheep Mountain | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Lovell | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Asay Pit Number Three | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Big Horn River | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Blm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Lovell Mines | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kane in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flood | Kane | $351,500 | Excessive snowmelt runoff caused flooding at Big Horn Lake. The lake elevation hovered about 15 feet above full pool at 3,655 feet. High water neared the level of the US Highway 14A causeway across the southern end of the lake. Wind gusts to 45 mph caused waves that eroded some of the embankment along the causeway and deposited debris onto the highway. On Friday night, July 22, the waves deposited enough debris to necessitate snowplows to come and clear the highway. County Road 20 along the west shore of the lake was inundated and sustained significant damage as a result of the prolonged period of high water. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kane | - | The Willow Creek RAWS weather sensor recorded a maximum wind gust of 64 mph. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597368. 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.