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Rockypoint, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Gillette North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82731. It lies near Rocky Point. The Survey maps it on the Rockypoint quadrangle. It stands 3,934 feet above sea level.

Rockypoint within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rockypoint between 1994 and 2017, burning about 140 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
20 August 2017Natural2.0 acresCampbell CountyHATTIE CREEK FIRE
21 July 2012Natural1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
15 July 2017Natural100 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandTRAIL CREEK FIRE
15 July 2017Natural36 acresBuffalo Field OfficeTRAIL CREEK
24 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
1 October 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockypoint in 70 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 36 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011HailRockypoint$7,000Hail accumulated three inches deep and poked holes in the siding of a house.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRockypoint$2,000The combination of hail and wind caused minor damage to an automobile.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-Pea sized hail fell with the storm.
July 2020HailRockypoint-Windows were broken by the hail.
June 2019HailRockypoint-Wind gusts to 50 mph also accompanied the storm.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015FloodRockypoint-Minor flooding along the Little Powder River covered hay fields.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-The public reported wind gusts to 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-The winds were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011HailRockypoint-Hail covered the ground.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2009HailRockypoint-Fifty mph wind gusts were also reported.
May 2008FloodRockypoint-Heavy rain caused flooding in Gillette, Wright, Rozet, and Weston. Minor flooding was observed along the Little Powder River from Weston to the Montana state line and along the Belle Fourche River between Wright and the Crook County line.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-Vegetation was flattened and a 20 foot flag pole was blown away.
May 2004HailRockypoint-Hail covered the ground.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
May 2023HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
June 2022HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2020HailRockypoint-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2019HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2018HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2018HailRockypoint-no account filed
May 2017HailRockypoint-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
June 2015HailRockypoint-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
June 2014HailRockypoint-no account filed
May 2013HailRockypoint-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
June 2011HailRockypoint-no account filed
August 2011HailRockypoint-no account filed
June 2011HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
August 2010HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2010HailRockypoint-no account filed
August 2010HailRockypoint-no account filed
May 2009HailRockypoint-no account filed
May 2009HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2008HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2008HailRockypoint-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRockypoint-no account filed
July 2008HailRockypoint-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell 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
Weston22.6 miles8
Adon27.8 miles8
Recluse34.4 miles8
Wildcat37.3 miles8
Spotted Horse41.5 miles8
Rozet43.8 miles8
Wyodak45.1 miles10
Collins Heights46.3 miles10

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 Q30622327The 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 1597480. 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.

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.