BlockRock Creek, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Rock River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82083. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cannonball Cut quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Cannonball Cut quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Rock River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek (historical) between 2014 and 2016, burning about 331 acres in total. None 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 | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 October 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 29 October 2014 | Debris and open burning | 330 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | FETTERMAN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Beryllium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek Station,Taylor Mine | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Mcgill Anticline | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Creek | Titanium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rock River | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Harper | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lookout | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cooper Lake | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bosler | 20.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bosler Junction | 22.2 miles | 8 | |
| Wyoming | 27.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597477. 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.