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Midwest Heights, Wyoming

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Casper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82601. It stands on Casper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Casper quadrangle.

Midwest Heights within Natrona County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Midwest Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,391 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined97
Natural27
Fireworks14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNatrona CountyPOWERLINE
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCOMPOST
4 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNatrona CountySE WYOMING BLVD
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use28 acresNatrona CountyPOWER LINE
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCY FIRE
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNatrona CountyMCKINLEY FIRE
23 September 2005Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Midwest Heights: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Midwest-Thoeming & WakemClayProducer
Benton Clay Co MillBentoniteProducer
Kaycee Clay MineBentoniteProducer
Kaycee MineBentoniteProducer
Boels-Rimrock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Casper Concrete Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hidebrand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sun Ray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Natrona 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
Mills1.0 miles11
Mountain View1.4 miles11
Hartrandt2.4 miles11
Casper2.7 miles11
Paradise Valley3.2 miles11
Richardson Acres3.2 miles11
Thorndale Acres3.5 miles11
Allendale3.8 miles11

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 Q122597421The 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 1591568. 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.