Mountain View, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Casper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82604. The Survey maps it on the Goose Egg quadrangle. 67 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,200 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMountain View fell from 96 to 67 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 | 96 | |
| 2020 | 67 | -29 (-30%) |
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 Goose Egg quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Goose Egg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Casper quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,745 acres in total. 23 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/undetermined | 98 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Natrona County | POWERLINE |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Natrona County | POWER LINE |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Casper Field Office | CY FIRE |
| 23 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Natrona County | NA |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Natrona County | IMIGRANT TRAIL FIRE |
| 18 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Natrona County | 108 7TH AVE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View: 7 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest-Thoeming & Wakem | Clay | Producer | ||
| Benton Clay Co Mill | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Boels-Rimrock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Casper Concrete Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hidebrand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kaycee Clay Mine | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Kaycee Mine | Bentonite | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain View in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Mountain View | 1 hurt, $5,000,000 | A vicious thunderstorm struck the city of Casper between about 1715 and 1800MST at the start of the July 4th holiday weekend. Extreme rainfall rates falling on the urbanized landscape produced flash flooding throughout Casper, with the most extensive inundation centered around the intersection of Poplar and Collins streets.||Nearly one inch of rain fell in 21 minutes at the Natrona County International Airport northwest of the city. A precipitation gauge along the North Platte River in Casper reported 1.79 inches of rain in 30 minutes. Final tallies around town showed rainfall from around one inch up to a high of about 2.25 inches occurred within about a 35 minute time frame.||Several streets, including Poplar and McKinley were reported to be rivers carrying rocks and other debris toward downtown Casper. Reports indicated one to three feet of water was present on some city streets. The flash flooding floated several cars and sent storm drains shooting wildly into the air. One storm drain cover injured an individual as the surging water displaced it. Emergency management estimated anywhere from 800 to 1000 structures, mainly homes, were impacted by the flooding.||In addition to hundreds of impacted homes, many well known locations also sustained damage, including the Nicolaysen Art Museum, Wyoming Medical Center, Central Wyoming Fairgrounds, Three Crowns Golf Course, and several city school buildings. Major damage also occurred at Casper College where five buildings, including the gymnasium and theater, were significantly impacted. Retaining wall bricks and landscape gravel were washed from a hillside at the college and cascaded to neighboring residences and streets below. The Hall of Justice on North David Street also sustained significant damage when water poured through a door into an underground garage. The building's elevator shafts and the ceilings in several sheriff's offices were also damaged. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Mountain View | - | Hail up to quarter size was reported by a trained spotter in Mills. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Mountain View | - | Hail the size of nickels fell in Mills. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain View | - | A television meteorologist reported gusts to 70 mph and blowing dust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Heights | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mills | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Paradise Valley | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Vista West | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hartrandt | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Air Base Acres | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Red Buttes Village | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Richardson Acres | 3.9 miles | 11 |
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 Mountain View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3866480 | 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 1591811. 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.
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.






