BlockMadden, Wyoming
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Shoshoni census division. The Survey maps it on the Madden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1952 USGS Madden quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lysite quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Madden between 1996 and 2019, burning about 115 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 | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Rawlins Field Office | LAMONT |
| 6 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 110 acres | Casper Field Office | BOAT |
| 21 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Casper Field Office | ALKALI CR. |
| 1 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont County | FULLER RANCH |
| 1 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
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 Madden: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cirrus Claims | Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Cabin | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Lysite | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Moneta | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Snyder Place | 14.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bonneville | 29.7 miles | 9 | |
| Shoshoni | 31.4 miles | 7 | |
| Boysen | 38.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sand Draw | 46.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597391. 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.