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Richardson Acres, Wyoming

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Casper North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82601. The Survey maps it on The Reefs quadrangle.

Richardson Acres 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Richardson Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,688 acres in total. 20 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/undetermined71
Natural20
Smoking9
Fireworks9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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 September 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNatrona CountyPOWERLINE
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCOMPOST
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use28 acresNatrona CountyPOWER LINE
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNatrona CountyNA
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresNatrona CountyIMIGRANT TRAIL FIRE
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNatrona CountySTUCKENHOFF
18 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNatrona County108 7TH AVE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Richardson Acres: 8 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, 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
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Benton Clay Co MillBentoniteProducer
Kaycee Clay MineBentoniteProducer
Boels-Rimrock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Casper Concrete Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hidebrand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sun Ray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dry LakeUraniumProspect
Dry Lake ClaimUraniumOccurrenceCarnotite

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
Hartrandt0.8 miles11
Bar Nunn1.0 miles11
Casper2.7 miles11
Midwest Heights3.2 miles11
Mountain View3.9 miles11
Mills4.2 miles11
Evansville4.8 miles11
Air Base Acres5.3 miles11

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 Q122543896The 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 1593431. 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.