BlockWhipple Hollow, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Douglas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82633. The Survey maps it on the Whipple Hollow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Newcastle quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Highland Flats quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bill quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Whipple Hollow quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Whipple Hollow between 2000 and 2020, burning about 800 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 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Converse County | HIGHLAND LOOP |
| 1 August 2000 | Natural | 693 acres | Casper Field Office | FINGER |
| 23 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Converse County | WILLOW CREEK FIRE |
| 12 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 86 acres | Converse County | WILLOW |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Whipple Hollow: 9 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anomaly #12 - Kerr Mcgee | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Buffalo Shaft | Uranium | Past Producer | Underground | |
| D-7 Mine | Uranium | Producer | Stratabound | |
| D-7 Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Dakota-Wyoming Uranium | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Golden Eagle Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Highland Uranium Operation | Uranium | Past Producer | 1968 | |
| Jenkins and Hand Area 4 | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Ml-191 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Nats Nugget | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkner Hill | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Orpha | 17.5 miles | 9 | |
| Clayton | 18.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rolling Hills | 18.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bill | 20.2 miles | 8 | |
| Glenrock | 21.8 miles | 9 | |
| Douglas | 26.0 miles | 10 | |
| Parkerton | 26.1 miles | 9 |
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 Q122569534 | 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 1597536. 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.