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West Laramie, Wyoming

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laramie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laramie quadrangle.

West Laramie within Albany County

On record in West Laramie

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

70 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of West Laramie between 1994 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Natural4

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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
25 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresLaramie CountyRR517
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLaramie CountyI-80
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlbany CountyCORTHELL
12 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCrook CountyPAHLOW FIRE
11 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
3 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlbany CountyCORTHALL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of West Laramie: 8 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Monolith Portland Midwest CoAluminumPast Producer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Unknown (near Laramie)SilicaPast Producer
Carroll PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cement Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Easterling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Monolith Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Monolith Portland Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
State Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Laramie in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
July 2023Flash FloodWest Laramie-Received reports via social media of water completely covering roads and coming over curbs and sidewalks in northwest Laramie west of Interstate 80.
June 2023FloodWest Laramie-Pioneer Canal overflowed due to rainfall in recent days flooding adjacent Laramie mobile home park. Storm drains were clogged keeping water in place. Adjacent country road was flooded, but Wyoming Highway 230 remained above water level.
July 2019HailWest Laramie-no account filed

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
Laramie1.6 miles19
Howell7.5 miles18
Red Buttes8.8 miles18
The Buttes9.8 miles18
Wyoming11.7 miles18
Millbrook15.9 miles23
Harmony16.0 miles18
Tie Siding16.9 miles19

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 Q122558538The 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 1596225. 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.