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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Toltec quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Toltec quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | TRETHWAY FIRE |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 225 |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | PORCUPINE CREEK FIRE |
| 27 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 630 acres | Rawlins Field Office | SMITH MOUNTAIN |
| 16 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | FLATTOP FIRE |
| 16 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | 40 MILE PEAK |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 330 acres | Rawlins Field Office | BRUSH CREEK |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BELL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoosier Boy Group | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Albany Claims | Uranium | Past Producer | Uranophane | |
| Unidentified Occurence | Uranium | Occurrence | Uranophane | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Place | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Binford | 16.5 miles | 12 | |
| Little Medicine | 18.0 miles | 10 | |
| Point of Rocks | 20.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Creek (historical) | 34.0 miles | 8 | |
| Wilcox | 39.6 miles | 8 | |
| Rock River | 42.6 miles | 8 | |
| Harper | 43.1 miles | 8 |
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 Toltec | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622179 | 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 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.




