BlockThornton, Wyoming
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Upton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82730. It lies near Dry Draw. The Survey maps it on the Thornton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1918 USGS Moorcroft quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Upton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Thornton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Thornton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 3 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 | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | BELTCH HAYSTACK FIRE |
| 1 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | WIND CREEK |
| 6 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Weston County | PINE RIDGE |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | PINE RIDGE |
| 23 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Weston County | BUFFALO CREEK FIRE |
| 17 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Thornton: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Uptton Mill | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1603644. 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.