BlockReed Place, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rock River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82058. It stands on Beaver Dam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toltec quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Toltec quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Toltec quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Reed Place between 1994 and 2015, burning about 632 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 225 |
| 27 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 630 acres | Rawlins Field Office | SMITH MOUNTAIN |
| 16 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | 40 MILE PEAK |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BEAVER DAM #2 FIRE |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 644 FIRE |
| 31 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | 40 MILE |
| 11 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Reed Place: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Claims | Uranium | Past Producer | Uranophane | |
| Unidentified Occurence | Uranium | Occurrence | Uranophane | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reed Place in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. 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 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Reed Place | - | Photos from Albany County Emergency Management show a tornado of unknown strength touch down in open ranchland. No damage reported. Location estimated from radar, photos and topographic maps. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toltec | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Little Medicine | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Binford | 20.8 miles | 12 | |
| Point of Rocks | 24.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Creek (historical) | 30.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wilcox | 35.6 miles | 8 | |
| Rock River | 38.7 miles | 8 | |
| Harper | 39.5 miles | 8 |
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 Q30622167 | 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 1602474. 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.