BlockLamont, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rawlins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82301. The Survey maps it on the Lamont quadrangle. It stands 6,624 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lamont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bairoil quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lamont between 2000 and 2014, burning about 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Rawlins Field Office | MILE MARKER 34 |
| 30 August 2009 | Natural | 4.1 acres | Rawlins Field Office | TULLY RANCH |
| 19 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | WINABAGO |
| 3 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | MP 35 SOUTH |
| 3 July 2006 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | MP 35 NORTH |
| 16 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | MM24 |
| 29 October 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
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 Lamont: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 Sandpit | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamont in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flood | Lamont | - | Bairoil Gas Plant flooded and suspending operations until water can by pumped out. Nearby roadways also flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Gap | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Three Forks | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Marvin Place (historical) | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ferris (historical) | 15.8 miles | 10 | |
| McCargar Place | 18.3 miles | 10 | |
| Seminoe Dam | 30.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rawlins | 32.2 miles | 12 | |
| Leo | 35.8 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lamont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20714444 | 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 1590497. 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.