Widdowfield, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hanna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82324. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elk Mountain SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Widdowfield within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Elk Mountain SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Elk Mountain SW quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Widdowfield (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	1
Debris and open burning	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
24 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Wyoming State Forestry	RIDLEY FIRE
10 May 2018	Natural	under an acre	Carbon County	HOBBS
29 April 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Carbon County	N/A
22 November 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Carbon County	CHEROKEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Widdowfield (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	State Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Carbon 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Milo	0.3 miles	12
Elk Mountain	4.6 miles	11
Ivans Grove (historical)	5.3 miles	16
Old Brooks Place	6.0 miles	11
Arlington	11.1 miles	13
McFadden	15.2 miles	11
Carbon	15.9 miles	12
Woodedge	15.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597538. 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.