BlockViola, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kemmerer East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83123. It stands on Elk Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Mountain 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.
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lake Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fontenelle Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Viola between 1994 and 2018, burning about 69 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Pinedale Field Office | MILLER |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pinedale Field Office | LA BARGE |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | DEADLINE |
| 5 July 1994 | Natural | 12 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | LABARGE |
| 25 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Pinedale Field Office | RAFF |
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 Viola: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Viola Area | Stone, Dimension | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Barge | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fontenelle | 25.7 miles | 9 | |
| Frontier | 32.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cokeville | 33.1 miles | 14 | |
| Willow Addition | 33.3 miles | 10 | |
| Kemmerer | 33.7 miles | 10 | |
| Opal | 34.4 miles | 9 | |
| Diamondville | 34.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1603930. 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.