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Thorndale Acres, Wyoming

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Casper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82601. The Survey maps it on the Casper quadrangle.

Thorndale Acres within Natrona County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Thorndale Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,656 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined80
Natural21
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Fireworks9
Smoking9
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCOMPOST
5 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresNatrona CountyGARDEN CREEK
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNatrona CountyLANDMARK
4 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNatrona CountyMORADO
4 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNatrona CountySE WYOMING BLVD
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCasper Field OfficeCY FIRE
26 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCasper Field OfficeGRADEN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Thorndale Acres: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Clay. 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
Midwest-Thoeming & WakemClayProducer
Benton Clay Co MillBentoniteProducer
Kaycee Clay MineBentoniteProducer
Kaycee MineBentoniteProducer
Boels-Rimrock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Casper Concrete Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hidebrand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lathrop L-3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rim Rock Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sun Ray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Natrona 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
Allendale0.4 miles11
Mills3.1 miles11
Casper3.2 miles11
Midwest Heights3.5 miles11
Evansville3.7 miles11
Strouds4.5 miles11
Paradise Valley4.5 miles11
Mountain View4.6 miles11

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 Q122540007The 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 1595521. 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.