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Oshoto, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Moorcroft census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82721. It lies near Sidner Draw. The Survey maps it on the Oshoto quadrangle.

Oshoto within Crook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Oshoto between 1996 and 2017, burning about 35 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined5
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
20 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
6 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
19 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
18 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
17 July 2017Natural1.0 acresCrook CountyPINE GROVE CEMETARY
17 July 2012Naturalunder an acreNew Castle Field OfficeCEDAR HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oshoto: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Crook County

Storms near this place

33 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oshoto in 33 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 24 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindOshoto-Power poles were downed in the Oshoto area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOshoto-A camper and horse trailer were blown over by the wind.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOshoto-Several power poles were snapped by the wind.
August 2022HailOshoto-Large hail damaged a garden.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindOshoto-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindOshoto-A few wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindOshoto-Tree limbs six to eight inches in diameter were broken off trees.
August 2013HailOshoto-Alfalfa crops were damaged by large hail.
July 2011Flash FloodOshoto-Minor flooding occurred along Cabin Creek and other small streams around Keyhole Reservoir.
May 2024HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2023HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2023HailOshoto-no account filed
August 2022HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2020HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2020Funnel CloudOshoto-no account filed
June 2020HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2019HailOshoto-no account filed
August 2019HailOshoto-no account filed
August 2019HailOshoto-no account filed
August 2016HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2014HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2014HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2014HailOshoto-no account filed
September 2013HailOshoto-no account filed
August 2013HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2013HailOshoto-no account filed
June 2008HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2008HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2008HailOshoto-no account filed
June 2008HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2006HailOshoto-no account filed
June 2003HailOshoto-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindOshoto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crook County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Carlile10.0 miles15
New Haven11.9 miles12
Devils Tower12.8 miles13
Stroner13.6 miles9
Carlile Junction14.5 miles13
Pine Haven17.2 miles14
Hulett19.0 miles12
Moorcroft22.4 miles14

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 Q122591093The 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 1597448. 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.