BlockMona, Wyoming
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hulett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82710. It lies near Harding Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Aladdin quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Aladdin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Devils Tower quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Mona quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Mona between 1996 and 2017, burning about 620 acres in total. 24 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 | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | BLUE RIDGE |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 70 acres | Black Hills National Forest | STONEY POINT |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 347 acres | Casper Field Office | MCDONALD |
| 22 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | UPPER MUSH CREEK |
| 13 September 2006 | Natural | 16 acres | Black Hills National Forest | EAST CREEK |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Black Hills National Forest | WHITE SLIDE |
| 4 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | HARDING GULCH |
| 29 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | MANGO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mona: 3 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Uranium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gumbo Creek | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Viergutz 2 & 3 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Bear Gulch Area | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Wimco Mine | Bentonite | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1601510. 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.