BlockWaltman, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hells Half Acre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82638. It lies in Waltman Draw. The Survey maps it on the Waltman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Waltman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lysite quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Waltman between 1994 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 124 acres | Natrona County | CAVE GULCH |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Casper Field Office | POISON CREEK |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 acres | Casper Field Office | WALTMAN DRAW |
| 18 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Casper Field Office | BRIDGER TRAIL |
| 1 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Casper Field Office | KEG SPRINGS |
| 1 October 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waltman in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Hail | Waltman | - | An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported hail up to the size of pennies covering US 20/26 around Waltman and Hells Half Acre. The hail fell for about 15 minutes and covered the highway to a depth of two inches. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Waltman | - | A strong thunderstorm moved east over Waltman and produced quarter sized hail. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waltman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waltman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Waltman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waltman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Waltman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arminto | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hiland | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Powder River | 11.3 miles | 6 | |
| Osborne Place | 12.2 miles | 7 | |
| Raderville | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Natrona | 20.6 miles | 6 | |
| Badwater | 21.7 miles | 8 | |
| Swaim Place | 21.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122539924 | 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 1609171. 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.
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.