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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1905 USGS Devils Tower quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oshoto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Devils Tower quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oshoto quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 19 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 18 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Crook County | PINE GROVE CEMETARY |
| 17 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | New Castle Field Office | CEDAR HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Bentonite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
33 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oshoto | - | Power poles were downed in the Oshoto area. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oshoto | - | A camper and horse trailer were blown over by the wind. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oshoto | - | Several power poles were snapped by the wind. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Oshoto | - | Large hail damaged a garden. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oshoto | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oshoto | - | A few wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oshoto | - | Tree limbs six to eight inches in diameter were broken off trees. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Oshoto | - | Alfalfa crops were damaged by large hail. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Oshoto | - | Minor flooding occurred along Cabin Creek and other small streams around Keyhole Reservoir. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Oshoto | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oshoto | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlile | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| New Haven | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Devils Tower | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Stroner | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Carlile Junction | 14.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Haven | 17.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hulett | 19.0 miles | 12 | |
| Moorcroft | 22.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q122591093 | 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 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.







