Natwick, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wheatland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82201. The Survey maps it on the Natwick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Natwick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Rock River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Natwick between 1996 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Platte County | TWO BAR RANCH |
| 8 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Platte County | OLSON & AYERS |
| 23 August 2017 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | MIDDLETON FIRE |
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 Natwick: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Vermiculite, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texan Lode | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Coony Hill Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Vermiculite | Occurrence | ||
| Whippoorwill Claim | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
11 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Natwick in 11 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 9 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Natwick | - | A trained spotter located 7 miles SW of Wheatland reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Natwick | - | The public reported quarter sized hail near Wheatland Reservoir Number 1. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Natwick | - | A trained weather spotter located 8 miles SW of Wheatland reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Natwick | - | Ping-pong ball sized hail was reported by a storm chaser approximately 21 miles SW of Wheatland. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Natwick | - | Ping-pong ball sized hail was reported by a storm chaser approximately 21 miles SW of Wheatland. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Natwick | - | Water from area streams and creeks were out of their respective banks in addition to accumulating hail producing rushing water along Road 34 and nearby pasture lands. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Natwick | - | Highway 34 was flooded between Deadhead Creek Road and mile marker 43. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Natwick | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Natwick | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Natwick | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Natwick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Corner | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Whiting | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gibson | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Westview Circle | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Y-O Ranch | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wheatland | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Chugcreek | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sibylee | 10.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q122565405 | 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 1597427. 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.



