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Mers Hill, Wyoming

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goshen Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82244. It lies near Busty Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Glomill Reservoir quadrangle.

Mers Hill within Goshen County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Mers Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined2
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
21 July 2020Natural60 acresGoshen CountyROAD 44 FIRE
21 July 2020Natural3.0 acresGoshen CountyRED BILL FIRE
1 January 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Goshen County

Storms near this place

13 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mers Hill in 13 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025HailMers Hill-Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. This report was delayed. Time estimated via radar.
July 2023HailMers Hill-Received photo via Facebook.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Mers Hill-Numerous photos and videos of a cone tornado with occasional touchdowns along a roughly 3-mile path to the east of Chugwater just east of the Platte/Goshen County line. The tornado remained over open country with no damage reported. Confirmed by official NWS Storm Survey.
July 2019Tornado (EFU)Mers Hill-Video received via social media showed several brief spinups including the a fully condensed funnel making contact with the ground. No discernible damage to effectivly render any rating besides EF-U.
September 2019Tornado (EFU)Mers Hill-Official from Yoder observed the tornado as it moved in from Platte County over the open high plains. No visible damage was reported with the tornado to discern any effective rating besides unknown. Path width and length should be considered as a best estimate given no official survey was performed in addition to remote location.
July 2018HailMers Hill-Golf ball size hail was observed east of Chugwater.
August 2017HailMers Hill-Quarter size hail was observed 15 miles east of Chugwater.
June 2016HailMers Hill-Quarter size hail was reported 12 miles east of Chugwater.
July 2016HailMers Hill-Half dollar size hail was reported 28 miles southeast of Wheatland.
September 2013Flash FloodMers Hill-Flash flooding was observed along Bear Creek Road/Highway 10 from east of County Road 1 to County Road 13.
July 2020HailMers Hill-no account filed
July 2019HailMers Hill-no account filed
May 2018HailMers Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Goshen County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rockeagle8.6 miles16
Trelona (historical)12.3 miles13
Veteran13.8 miles12
Fonda16.8 miles12
Heldt16.9 miles18
Yoder17.2 miles13
Silver Tip18.7 miles13
Hawk Springs19.8 miles12

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 Q122539856The 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 1597401. 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.