BlockRocky Crossing, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Kemmerer East census division. The Survey maps it on the Verne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Verne quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Kemmerer quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Crossing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 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 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | RAIL |
| 18 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | MAHOGANY |
| 15 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | COUNTY LINE |
| 15 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | RAILROAD LADY |
| 8 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lincoln County | ZIEGLER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opal | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Blazon Junction | 23.2 miles | 11 | |
| Diamondville | 24.8 miles | 10 | |
| Kemmerer | 25.1 miles | 10 | |
| Willow Addition | 25.2 miles | 10 | |
| Frontier | 25.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fontenelle | 25.9 miles | 9 | |
| Elkol | 27.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597478. 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.