Willow Creek, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wind River Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82512. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crowheart quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Crowheart quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Gannett Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Willow Creek between 2001 and 2020, burning about 619 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wind River Agency | YELLOWSTONE HWY #2 |
| 5 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wind River Agency | YELLOWSTONE HWY #1 |
| 9 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River Agency | MEADOW CRK |
| 27 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | 86 HWY 26 |
| 14 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wind River Agency | MARKER 92 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | NONE |
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fremont County | NONE |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 614 acres | Lander Field Office | CROWHEART |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willow Creek in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Flood | Willow Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowheart | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Burris | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Collins Place | 17.0 miles | 12 | |
| Morton | 20.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bain Place | 22.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Washakie | 23.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pavillion | 24.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wind River | 24.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597543. 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.




