Leiter, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sheridan census division. It lies near Cadiz Draw. The Survey maps it on the Leiter quadrangle. It stands 3,779 feet above sea level.
On record in Leiter
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 1 record
EBF Bridge over Powder Riverlisted 1985
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 Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Leiter quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Leiter between 2013 and 2017, burning about 4,176 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2017 | Natural | 4,151 acres | Buffalo Field Office | COTTONWOOD ONE |
| 18 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | BUFFALO RUN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leiter in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 18 hail, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Hail | Leiter | - | Pea to quarter size hail was reported. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leiter | - | Some trees were snapped. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Leiter | - | Some skylights were broken. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leiter | - | Some downed tree limbs were reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leiter | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a flag pole and fence. Significant tree damage was also reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leiter | - | Driving rain and small hail were also reported. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Leiter | - | Extensive 1/4 to 1/2 hail was also reported. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Leiter | - | no account filed |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Leiter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714792 | 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 1597382. 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.
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.




