Natrona, Wyoming
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82646. The Survey maps it on the Natrona quadrangle. It stands 5,604 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Natrona quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Midwest quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Natrona between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,441 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | DUFF |
| 6 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Casper Field Office | BN#4 |
| 27 August 1996 | Natural | 242 acres | Casper Field Office | BAERTHEL C |
| 25 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2017 | Natural | 8.7 acres | Casper Field Office | GOLDEN EYE |
| 9 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | SODIUM |
| 4 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Casper Field Office | PINE MTN. |
| 28 July 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Casper Field Office | GOLDEN EYE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Natrona: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sodium Sulfate. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locality 13 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Pratt Sodium Mine | Sodium Sulfate | Past Producer | 1992 |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Natrona in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natrona | - | Wind gusts as high as 65 mph occurred along US 20 26 in Natrona. |
| September 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Natrona | - | The public posted a pair of cold air funnels on Facebook. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Natrona | - | Hail the size of nickels to golf balls fell from north of Natrona to the south of Midwest, including along Interstate 25. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Natrona | - | The Wyoming Highway Patrol reported nickel size hail along US 20 26 near Natrona. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Natrona | - | A strong thunderstorm moved northeast across U.S. Highway 20/26 producing quarter sized hail at Natrona. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natrona | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Natrona | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Natrona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrie | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Beck Place | 9.1 miles | 6 | |
| Powder River | 9.4 miles | 6 | |
| Bucknum | 9.7 miles | 6 | |
| Bishop | 19.7 miles | 11 | |
| Blue Hill (historical) | 20.3 miles | 7 | |
| Waltman | 20.6 miles | 7 | |
| Air Base Acres | 22.0 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 Natrona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6980239 | 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 1597426. 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.




