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Toltec, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rock River census division. It stands on Cold Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toltec quadrangle.

Toltec within Albany County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Toltec between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,052 acres in total. 18 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
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
9 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandTRETHWAY FIRE
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland225
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandPORCUPINE CREEK FIRE
27 September 2015Debris and open burning630 acresRawlins Field OfficeSMITH MOUNTAIN
16 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandFLATTOP FIRE
16 September 2009Naturalunder an acreRawlins Field Office40 MILE PEAK
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined330 acresRawlins Field OfficeBRUSH CREEK
10 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBELL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Toltec: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper. 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
Hoosier Boy GroupCopperProspect
Albany ClaimsUraniumPast ProducerUranophane
Unidentified OccurenceUraniumOccurrenceUranophane
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toltec in 1 storm report in 2023: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Toltec-Several reports and angles shared of a tornado west of Esterbrook, WY|in the mountains and open space near Laramie Peak. These accounts were|shared from Douglas, Irvine, Wheatland, and Esterbrook areas. Timing|is estimated based on radar, time stamp pictures, and reports received.|No damage has been reported from Platte or Converse County Emergency|Management agencies. This tornado stayed over mountainous and open|space for the duration of it`s estimated 7.1 mile track. No injuries|or fatalities reported along with no damage.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
Reed Place4.7 miles10
Binford16.5 miles12
Little Medicine18.0 miles10
Point of Rocks20.1 miles12
Rock Creek (historical)34.0 miles8
Wilcox39.6 miles8
Rock River42.6 miles8
Harper43.1 miles8

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 ToltecAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622179The 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 1603694. 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.