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Savageton, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Gillette South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82718. The Survey maps it on the Savageton quadrangle. It stands 5,115 feet above sea level.

Savageton within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Savageton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 882 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
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2019Natural590 acresCampbell CountyCHRISTENSEN
6 September 2019Natural131 acresCampbell CountyRASSBACH
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 August 2001Natural4.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
26 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresCampbell CountyHAWK FIRE
24 August 2017Natural1.0 acresCampbell CountyBLACKEN YELLOW RD.
1 August 2017Natural1.0 acresCampbell CountySAVAGETON RD.

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Savageton: 44 occurrences, 27 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Albert Orr RanchUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Anomalies No.13 & 14UraniumOccurrence
Anomaly #119UraniumPast Producer
Anomaly 119UraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Anomaly 119 (Blowout)UraniumPast ProducerTyuyamunite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Anomaly 14UraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Anomaly 43 - Kerr McgeeUraniumOccurrence
Anomaly No 47UraniumOccurrence
Ariz, Utah, Colo.UraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Bashawn GroupUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

58 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savageton in 58 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 32 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flash 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
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Savageton$10,000A tornado destroyed a pole barn, damaged another small shed, and blew down power poles.
August 2013HailSavageton$5,000no account filed
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Savageton$2,000A small tornado was observed south of Savageton by a cooperative observer. It blew over a section of snow fence along Wyoming Highway 50 and tin off a shed. Path length and width were estimated by the observer.
June 2015Flash FloodSavageton$1,000Runoff from heavy rain and debris flowed over Interstate 90 from mile markers 90 to 91 between Gillette and Buffalo. Water and large pieces of debris also covered several portions of the Buffalo Cut-Across Road west of Gillette and washed gravel off the road.
June 2015FloodSavageton$1,000Gravel was washed off the Buffalo Cut Across Road west of Gillette.
June 2023HailSavageton-Hail to quarter size covered the ground.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSavageton-The roof was torn off a home.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSavageton-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2016HailSavageton-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported at Pine Tree Junction.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Savageton-A small tornado was briefly observed by a fire fighter and the public.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSavageton-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
September 2008Tornado (EF0)Savageton-The brief tornado caused no damage.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSavageton-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSavageton-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSavageton-no account filed
July 2019HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2019HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2019HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2019HailSavageton-no account filed
May 2018HailSavageton-no account filed
June 2018HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2018HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2018HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2018HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2018HailSavageton-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSavageton-no account filed
June 2017HailSavageton-no account filed
June 2017HailSavageton-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSavageton-no account filed
May 2016HailSavageton-no account filed
May 2016Funnel CloudSavageton-no account filed
May 2015HailSavageton-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSavageton-no account filed
June 2014HailSavageton-no account filed
June 2014HailSavageton-no account filed
June 2013HailSavageton-no account filed
May 2013HailSavageton-no account filed
May 2013HailSavageton-no account filed
June 2013HailSavageton-no account filed
August 2013HailSavageton-no account filed
August 2013HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2013HailSavageton-no account filed
August 2013HailSavageton-no account filed
May 2010HailSavageton-no account filed
May 2010HailSavageton-no account filed
June 2008HailSavageton-no account filed
July 2008HailSavageton-no account filed
August 2005HailSavageton-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
Pleasantdale15.0 miles8
Wright18.7 miles7
Turnercrest21.8 miles8
Antelope Valley30.5 miles9
Crestview30.7 miles9
Sunburst31.2 miles10
Teckla31.4 miles6
Sleepy Hollow32.3 miles9

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 SavagetonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7427794The 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 1597490. 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.

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.