Red Buttes Village, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82604. It lies near Webb Draw. The Survey maps it on the Goose Egg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Goose Egg quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Goose Egg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Casper quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Red Buttes Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,716 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 80 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | WEST END |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Casper Field Office | CY FIRE |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Natrona County | 108 7TH AVE FIRE |
| 17 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Natrona County | 71 CONSTRUCTION |
| 16 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Natrona County | WILDLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Red Buttes Village: 3 prospects, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boels-Rimrock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Midwest-Thoeming & Wakem | Clay | Producer | ||
| Blue Hill Deposit | Bentonite | Prospect | ||
| Goose Egg #1 | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Soap Creek #1 | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Buttes Village in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Red Buttes Village | - | The Natrona County emergency manager reported heavy thunderstorm rain, causing Webb Creek to overflow on Webb Creek Road on the evening of June 5th. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Red Buttes Village | - | A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail on State Highway 220 near Red Buttes Village. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Red Buttes Village | - | Emergency management officials observed 1.50 inch diameter hail southwest of Casper. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Red Buttes Village | - | Golf ball sized hail fell along Wyoming Boulevard on the south side of Casper for nearly 15 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Butte | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Paradise Valley | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mountain View | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mills | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vista West | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Midwest Heights | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Goose Egg | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Air Base Acres | 5.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q122570694 | 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 1593247. 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.






