BlockPetrie, 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 82604. The Survey maps it on the Burlington Lake quadrangle.
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 Burlington Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Midwest quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Petrie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,524 acres in total. 6 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Natural | 157 acres | Casper Field Office | GLODENEYE |
| 14 August 2017 | Natural | 8.7 acres | Casper Field Office | GOLDEN EYE |
| 11 August 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Casper Field Office | PEDRO PASS |
| 1 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Natrona County | BUCKNUM FIRE |
| 1 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Casper Field Office | BN#3 |
| 9 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | SODIUM |
| 4 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,280 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petrie in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 hail. 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 2013 | Hail | Petrie | $2,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls produced vehicle damage just east of Natrona. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natrona | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Bucknum | 6.1 miles | 6 | |
| Beck Place | 7.5 miles | 6 | |
| Powder River | 13.1 miles | 6 | |
| Bishop | 16.2 miles | 11 | |
| Air Base Acres | 18.9 miles | 11 | |
| Blue Hill (historical) | 19.1 miles | 7 | |
| Vista West | 19.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597458. 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.
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.