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Rozet, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Gillette South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82727. It stands on Ward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rozet quadrangle. It stands 4,285 feet above sea level.

Rozet within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Rozet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,379 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCampbell CountyHIGHWAY 51
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCampbell CountyMILWAUKEE RD FIRE
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCampbell County140 I90 EB
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresWyoming State ForestrySUNNY SLOPE
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCampbell CountyI-90
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

60 of 96 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rozet in 96 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 61 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1995Thunderstorm WindRozet$200,000Damage was extensive in Moorcroft due to strong thunderstorm winds. Two-thirds of the roof at the high school was severely damaged. Also, many trees and mainly small buildings were damaged. A grainery filled with grain was lifted off the grain near Rozet and landed one-half mile away. In addition, three telephone poles were knock over by the winds near Moorcroft.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRozet$150,000Wind-driven hail damaged siding, windows, and roofs of several buildings along Adon and Grey Roads. A medium-sized horse trailer was flipped over.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRozet$100,000The Campbell County emergency manager reported a shop building roof was torn off and blown 200 feet. Many houses in the area received damage to siding.
July 2010HailRozet$100,000Hail size ranged from golf ball to softball.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRozet$30,000Several power poles were blown down along Bishop Road, a 12 inch diameter tree was snapped, and a deck was torn from a house and thrown 100 yards.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRozet$25,000A portion of a house roof was peeled off and a shop building was severely damaged.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRozet$20,000Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRozet$20,000A forty by sixty foot shop building was destroyed by strong wind gusts with large pieces of the roof and walls blown about 100 yards from the foundation.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindRozet$20,000A trailer home was flipped over and destroyed. A camper trailer was destroyed and a 100 gallon fuel tank that was partially full was blown over.
August 2013HailRozet$10,000no account filed
July 2010HailRozet$10,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRozet$6,000no account filed
August 2005HailRozet$5,000Hail broke windows in a house.
September 2013HailRozet$5,000no account filed
September 2013HailRozet$5,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRozet$2,000The combination of wind and small hail shattered a window.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRozet$1,000The combination of hail and wind caused minor damage.
August 2010Tornado (EF0)Rozet$1,000A needle-shaped tornado caused minor damage to a shed at the Caballo Coal Mine.
July 2023HailRozet-Wind driven hail broke a window.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRozet-A camper was tipped over by the wind.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRozet-A power pole was snapped off, numerous houses lost siding, and a roof was blown off a home.
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Rozet-A tornado tracked over open areas about a mile south of Interstate-90. No damage was reported.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRozet-A large pole barn was blown over by strong wind gusts.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindRozet-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindRozet-Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRozet-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2012HailRozet-The ground was covered with hail.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRozet-Several large cottonwood trees were downed, including an 18-inch trunk snapped by the wind.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRozet-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRozet-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRozet-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRozet-Wind gusts were estimated at 80 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRozet-Estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Rozet-A small tornado briefly touched down north of Rozet.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Rozet-A tornado briefly touched down southeast of Gillette. Location was estimated from Doppler Radar data based on the times of public reports.
August 1999HailRozet-Windows were broken at a spotters home.
May 2024HailRozet-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRozet-no account filed
June 2023HailRozet-no account filed
July 2022HailRozet-no account filed
July 2021HailRozet-no account filed
May 2020HailRozet-no account filed
July 2020HailRozet-no account filed
July 2020HailRozet-no account filed
June 2020HailRozet-no account filed
June 2020HailRozet-no account filed
July 2019HailRozet-no account filed
June 2018HailRozet-no account filed
July 2018HailRozet-no account filed
July 2018HailRozet-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRozet-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindRozet-no account filed
August 2016HailRozet-no account filed
May 2015HailRozet-no account filed
June 2015HailRozet-no account filed
June 2015HailRozet-no account filed
July 2015HailRozet-no account filed
June 2015HailRozet-no account filed
June 2014HailRozet-no account filed
June 2014HailRozet-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
Wyodak9.2 miles10
Sleepy Hollow11.7 miles9
Collins Heights12.4 miles10
Antelope Valley13.9 miles9
Crestview13.9 miles9
Sunburst15.1 miles10
Gillette15.7 miles9
Adon16.6 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on RozetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7375358The 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 1597482. 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.