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Weston, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Gillette North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82731. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle. It stands 3,802 feet above sea level.

Weston within Campbell County

On record in Weston

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,321 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandNORFOLK #1
4 September 2015Natural2.6 acresBuffalo Field OfficeWESTON HILLS
4 September 2010Natural36 acresWyoming State ForestryCOLLINS FIRE
4 September 2010Natural1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryIR# 10-1479
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCasper Field OfficeWESTON
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreBuffalo Field OfficeCOAL CREEK
8 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

60 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston in 81 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 53 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash 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
June 2008HailWeston$25,000Large hail damaged two houses.
June 2007HailWeston$15,000Hail broke house windows.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWeston$10,000A spotter's weather station measured a wind gust of 87 mph.
June 2010HailWeston$10,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWeston$5,000Strong winds knocked down a large tree limb and buckled a garage door, causing minor damage to a house.
August 2013HailWeston$5,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWeston$3,000The combination of strong winds and large hail broke windows.
July 2014HailWeston$2,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWeston$1,000The combination of hail and wind caused minor damage.
July 2023HailWeston-The combination of large hail and gusty winds produced some property damage.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWeston-Several power poles in the area were snapped. A large tree was blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWeston-A side-by-side UTV and playground equipment were blown over.
May 2020HailWeston-Wind gusts to 48 mph accompanied the storm.
July 2019HailWeston-Wind gusts around 50 mph also broke tree branches.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts reached 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWeston-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2014HailWeston-Golf ball size hail covered the ground.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWeston-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2008HailWeston-Nickel to golf ball sized hail fell for one hour.
June 2005HailWeston-40 to 50 mph winds occurred with quarter sized hail.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWeston-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused tree damage.
June 1998Flash FloodWeston-General flooding was reported near Weston with stock ponds overflowing and roads being threatened.
July 2023HailWeston-no account filed
July 2023HailWeston-no account filed
July 2023HailWeston-no account filed
June 2022HailWeston-no account filed
May 2020HailWeston-no account filed
July 2020HailWeston-no account filed
July 2020HailWeston-no account filed
July 2020HailWeston-no account filed
July 2020HailWeston-no account filed
July 2020HailWeston-no account filed
July 2019HailWeston-no account filed
September 2019HailWeston-no account filed
June 2018HailWeston-no account filed
July 2018HailWeston-no account filed
July 2018HailWeston-no account filed
July 2016HailWeston-no account filed
June 2015HailWeston-no account filed
June 2015HailWeston-no account filed
August 2014HailWeston-no account filed
June 2014HailWeston-no account filed
August 2013HailWeston-no account filed
May 2013HailWeston-no account filed
June 2011HailWeston-no account filed
August 2011HailWeston-no account filed
June 2010HailWeston-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWeston-no account filed
July 2010HailWeston-no account filed
June 2008HailWeston-no account filed
June 2008HailWeston-no account filed
July 2008HailWeston-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWeston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell 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
Adon9.8 miles8
Wildcat18.2 miles8
Recluse21.0 miles8
Rockypoint22.6 miles8
Wyodak24.0 miles10
Collins Heights24.5 miles10
Gillette25.4 miles9
Rozet25.7 miles8

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 WestonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7989376The 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 1604109. 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.