BlockSwaim Place, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82642. The Survey maps it on the Badwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Badwater quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lysite quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Swaim Place between 1996 and 2018, burning about 419 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
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 | 3.6 acres | Casper Field Office | BADWATER |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | BADWATER 2 |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Casper Field Office | BADWATER 3 |
| 18 August 1996 | Natural | 120 acres | Casper Field Office | SIOUX PASS |
| 17 August 2011 | Natural | 292 acres | Casper Field Office | BADWATER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Swaim Place: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allie Claims | Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badwater | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Arminto | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hiland | 16.1 miles | 7 | |
| Osborne Place | 17.3 miles | 7 | |
| Waltman | 21.8 miles | 7 | |
| Powder River | 30.0 miles | 6 | |
| Raderville | 30.5 miles | 9 | |
| Natrona | 37.2 miles | 6 |
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 Q28913493 | 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 1597517. 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.