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Recluse, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Gillette North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82725. The Survey maps it on the Recluse quadrangle.

Recluse within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Recluse between 2001 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
9 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
4 August 2015Natural2.0 acresWyoming State ForestryWOODS RD
30 August 2012Smoking11 acresWyoming State ForestryRECLUSE FIRE
1 August 2017Natural1.0 acresCampbell CountyRECLUSE FIELD
26 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCampbell CountyBROWN RANCH
2 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCampbell CountyNORTH 14-16
16 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

60 of 144 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Recluse in 144 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 83 hail, 51 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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
July 2008Flash FloodRecluse1 killed, 3 hurtWater rushing down a canyon washed out a culvert and a small section of Trail Creek Road east of Highway 59. A pickup truck drove into the washed out section of road, resulting in one fatality and three injuries.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindRecluse$5,000The combination of wind and hail caused minor damage.
August 2013Heavy RainRecluse$5,000Hail drifts and water covered portions of Sam Adam Road and Broyles Road when drainage culverts were quickly overwhelmed from heavy rain. Three to four inches of water covered US Highway 14-16 near Spotted Horse. Nearly-dry stock ponds quickly filled with the runoff.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRecluse$1,000Strong wind gusts broke a window in a house and flipped over a snowmobile trailer.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRecluse$1,000Wind gusts blew shingles off a roof.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Large hail and strong wind gusts at 60 mph least broke windows and damaged the siding of the house.
June 2022Funnel CloudRecluse-A brief funnel cloud was reported from a distance. Location was estimated from radar.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRecluse-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2020HailRecluse-Wind gusts were 50 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRecluse-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRecluse-The public reported wind gusts around 60 mph.
May 2019FloodRecluse-Minor flooding occurred along the Little Powder River in far northwestern Campbell County.
July 2019HailRecluse-Hail covered the ground.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2019HailRecluse-Winds gusted to 50 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Four to six inch tree branches were broken.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRecluse-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
May 2017HailRecluse-Hail to ping pong ball size accumulated two inches deep along Bay Horse Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindRecluse-The strong winds moved a horse trailer across the yard at Spotted Horse.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph at Spotted Horse.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2015FloodRecluse-Major flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Powder River. The flows were the highest since 1978.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph at Spotted Horse.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindRecluse-A spotter estimated wind gusts reached 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts flattened grass and oats.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRecluse-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph at Spotted Horse.
June 2009HailRecluse-The spotter also received 1.5 inches of rain in one hour.
July 2009HailRecluse-Golfball hail accumulated four to six inches deep.
June 2008HailRecluse-Wind gusts around 50 mph were also reported with the storm.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Recluse-A small tornado briefly touched down in far northern Campbell County.
June 2000HailRecluse-Broke some windows in a home and in a vehicle.
July 1997FloodRecluse-Low land flooding was reported along Horse Creek and the Little Powder River.
July 2023HailRecluse-no account filed
July 2023HailRecluse-no account filed
June 2022HailRecluse-no account filed
June 2021HailRecluse-no account filed
June 2021HailRecluse-no account filed
July 2020HailRecluse-no account filed
June 2019HailRecluse-no account filed
June 2019HailRecluse-no account filed
June 2019HailRecluse-no account filed
July 2019HailRecluse-no account filed
July 2019HailRecluse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell 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
Spotted Horse7.1 miles8
Wildcat9.8 miles8
Croton19.8 miles8
Weston21.0 miles8
Echeta21.5 miles8
Adon29.5 miles8
Gillette32.9 miles9
Collins Heights34.2 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on RecluseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7302587The 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 1597468. 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.