BlockMorrisey, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82701. It lies near Whitney Draw. The Survey maps it on the Morrisey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1899 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Morrisey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Morrisey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Natural | 200 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.2 acres | Weston County | MORRISSEY |
| 28 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 July 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 11 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | HARRIS |
| 21 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | MORRISSEY FIRE |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrisey in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Morrisey | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakoming | 17.4 miles | 12 | |
| Clifton | 17.5 miles | 12 | |
| Clareton (historical) | 20.7 miles | 5 | |
| Hill View Heights | 24.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 24.3 miles | 5 | |
| Newcastle | 25.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cambria (historical) | 30.6 miles | 11 | |
| Osage | 32.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1601564. 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.