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Paradise Valley, 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. It stands on Platte Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goose Egg quadrangle.

Paradise Valley within Natrona County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,378 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined82
Natural29
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Fireworks7
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeWEST END
5 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresNatrona CountyGARDEN CREEK
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use28 acresNatrona CountyPOWER LINE
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCY FIRE
26 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCasper Field OfficeGRADEN CREEK
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNatrona CountyMCKINLEY FIRE
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Paradise Valley: 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Midwest-Thoeming & WakemClayProducer
Boels-Rimrock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goose Egg #1BentoniteOccurrence
Hidebrand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kaycee MineBentoniteProducer
Rim Rock Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownBentoniteProspect

Every working recorded in Natrona 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
Red Buttes Village1.4 miles11
Red Butte2.1 miles11
Mills2.3 miles11
Mountain View2.5 miles11
Midwest Heights3.2 miles11
Vista West3.9 miles11
Thorndale Acres4.5 miles11
Allendale4.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1592570. 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.