BlockWhitman, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East Niobrara census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82225. It stands on Fitzsimmons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sherrill Hills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Sherrill Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Lusk quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Whitman between 2002 and 2019, burning about 5,026 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | 5,025 acres | New Castle Field Office | TOLLMAN |
| 18 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Niobrara County | STORY PIVOT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitman in 8 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | A trained weather spotter estimated wind gusts between 70 and 80 MPH. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Whitman | - | Observer noted that hail and thunderstorm wind contributed to downed tree limbs on their property. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Whitman | - | Observer noted condensation funnel making contact with the ground. No discernible or visible damage to effectively determine a true path, width and intensity for tornado besides a rating of unknown. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Whitman | - | Quarter size hail was reported northeast of Lusk. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Whitman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtley | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Hat Creek (historical) | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Van Tassell | 15.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lusk | 19.9 miles | 7 | |
| Redbird | 26.1 miles | 5 | |
| Manville | 27.7 miles | 7 | |
| Lance Creek | 29.7 miles | 5 | |
| West Lance Creek | 32.5 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1604154. 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.