BlockWendover, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Glendo census division. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guernsey Reservoir quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Hartville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Hartville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Guernsey Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Guernsey Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Guernsey Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Guernsey Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wendover between 1996 and 2020, burning about 22,398 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 acres | Casper Field Office | SPRING CR. |
| 5 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 29 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | NORTH DWYER FIRE |
| 20 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 148 acres | Casper Field Office | WENDOVER CANYON |
| 14 July 2012 | Firearms and explosives use | 14,140 acres | Casper Field Office | SAWMILL |
| 7 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | Wyoming State Forestry (CPC Area) | SAWMILL |
| 13 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Platte County | 15-NOV |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wendover: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lt Sisson Dolomite Deposit | Dolomite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wendover in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | - | Camp Guernsey AWOS station (KGUR) reported wind gust. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendover | - | Winds measured at the Coleman sensor. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Wendover | - | Half dollar size hail was reported near Guernsey Campground. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Wendover | - | A small weak tornado touched down north of Highway 26 near mile marker 8. The tornado remained in open country with no damage reported. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Wendover | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1596142. 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.