BlockLake, Wyoming
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yellowstone National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82190. The Survey maps it on the Lake quadrangle. It stands 7,809 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lake HotelNational Historic Landmark · listed 1991 · 0.6 miles away
Lake Fish Hatchery Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1907 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Canyon Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Yellowstone National Park North quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,668 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1992 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Yellowstone National Park | STORM |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | J LOOP |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | ALICE |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | 81 acres | Yellowstone National Park | PELICAN |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | BRIDGE |
| 26 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | LAKE STUMP |
| 24 August 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | SEFTON |
| 2 August 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Yellowstone National Park | BRIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Thumb | 13.7 miles | 19 | |
| Three River Junction | 32.2 miles | 18 | |
| Colter Bay Village | 46.9 miles | 15 | |
| Moran | 49.8 miles | 16 | |
| Elk | 53.8 miles | 16 | |
| Beaver Creek | 62.7 miles | 15 | |
| Moose | 64.6 miles | 15 | |
| Grovont | 64.6 miles | 15 |
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 Q132794734 | 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 1609217. 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.