BlockWildcat, 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 82716. It lies near Bright Spring Draw. The Survey maps it on the Wildcat quadrangle. It stands 4,226 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wildcat quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Recluse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wildcat between 1995 and 2020, burning about 3,516 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,360 acres | Campbell County | HORSE CREEK BUTTE |
| 26 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.7 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | MACKEY |
| 1 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo Field Office | HOMESTEAD |
| 3 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Campbell County | HALL RD. |
| 28 July 2020 | Natural | 150 acres | Campbell County | DUGOUT DRAW |
| 24 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 6 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Campbell County | HALL ROAD FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recluse | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Spotted Horse | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Echeta | 14.5 miles | 8 | |
| Croton | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Weston | 18.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gillette | 23.3 miles | 9 | |
| Adon | 24.2 miles | 8 | |
| Collins Heights | 24.8 miles | 10 |
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 Q29465913 | 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 1597540. 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.