Speer, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cheyenne West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82007. The Survey maps it on the Borie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1911 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:125000
- 1914 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Borie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Borie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Speer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 895 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 | 16 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 1125 |
| 2 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Laramie County | REKINDLE 1 |
| 16 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 1076 |
| 14 September 2020 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Laramie County | 2020-1396 |
| 1 September 2020 | Fireworks | 125 acres | Laramie County | 2020-1316 |
| 9 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Laramie County | 2020-1121 SOUTH FORK FIRE |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 901 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Speer in 12 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Hail | Speer | - | Report from mPING of quarter size hail. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Speer | - | Brief landspout tornado occurred southwest of Cheyenne and just southwest|of the Dyno Nobel Plant per pictures and video evidence. Timing based on|radar and reports received. No damage occurred or was reported with the|landspout tornado remaining in open space just west and south of known|infrastructure. No injuries, no fatalities, and no damage. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speer | - | WYDOT mesonet station reported wind gust from thunderstorm outflow. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Speer | - | Nickel size hail along Terry Ranch Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speer | - | WYDOT mesonet station KWYH - Wyo Hill along I-25 reported wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speer | - | Union Pacific Railroad sensor UP229 located about eight miles north of Natural Fort measured the reported thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Speer | - | Numerous reports were relayed regarding a cold air funnel cloud near the Colorado and Wyoming state line south of Terry Ranch Road. Funnel was visible from residents in the city of Cheyenne prompting numerous media inquiries as school bus drivers were still dropping off kids while the funnel was present. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speer | - | WYDOT sensor located at WYO Hill along Interstate 25 south of Cheyenne measured the wind from nearby thunderstorm. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speer | - | The WYDOT sensor at Wyoming Hill measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Speer | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Speer | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Speer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleason | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Athol | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Orchard Valley | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| South Greeley | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cheyenne | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Otto | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Altvan | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ranchettes | 12.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1608600. 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.








