Meadow Acres, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Casper South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82636. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lockett quadrangle. 201 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,046 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMeadow Acres grew from 198 to 201 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 198 | |
| 2020 | 201 | +3 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Lockett quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lockett quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Casper quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,790 acres in total. 19 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 | 33 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Casper Field Office | MILE MARKER 172 |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Casper Field Office | GEARY |
| 2 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Natural | 6.3 acres | Casper Field Office | SANDPIPER |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | BIG MUDDY POND |
| 5 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Converse County | 172A |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | BIG MUDDY |
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Casper Field Office | SPICKET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Meadow Acres: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| East Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Land Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Hollow | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Brookhurst | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Strouds | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Evansville | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Casper | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Allendale | 11.9 miles | 11 | |
| Thorndale Acres | 11.9 miles | 11 | |
| Crimson Dawn | 13.1 miles | 8 |
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 Meadow Acres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1942431 | 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 1853206. 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.






