Seminoe Dam, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rawlins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82334. It stands on Morgan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seminoe Dam quadrangle. It stands 6,357 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Seminoe Dam quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Shirley Basin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Seminoe Dam between 1993 and 2018, burning about 4,111 acres in total. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Natrona County | BADWATER FIRE |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | POWERHOUSE |
| 30 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | CANYON |
| 29 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | SEMINOE |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | POWERHOUSE |
| 2 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | SEMINOE BOAT CLUB |
| 17 August 2018 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Rawlins Field Office | MORGAN |
| 17 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | MIRACLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Seminoe Dam: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Garnet, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminoe Dam | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Seminoe District | Gold, Copper, Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Charlie's Glory Hole | Gold | Prospect | Gold | |
| Unknown | Copper, Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Garnet | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seminoe Dam in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Hail | Seminoe Dam | - | Quarter size hail was observed near Seminoe Dam. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminoe Dam | - | Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were observed west of Seminoe Dam. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Seminoe Dam | - | Brief touchdown in open country just south of Seminoe Reservoir. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Seminoe Dam | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| McCargar Place | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Ferris (historical) | 14.4 miles | 10 | |
| Marvin Place (historical) | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Shirley (historical) | 23.0 miles | 9 | |
| Edson | 24.6 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise | 25.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Steele | 26.2 miles | 15 |
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 Seminoe Dam | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7449489 | The 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 1594097. 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.





