BlockWolf, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sheridan West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82844. It stands on Red Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wolf quadrangle. It stands 4,626 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1895 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Wolf quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Wolf quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wolf between 1994 and 2016, burning about 166 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Bighorn National Forest | BUFFALO-TONGUE |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | CRYSTAL SPRINGS |
| 31 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | CAVE CREEK |
| 28 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | WOLF |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | 13 acres | Bighorn National Forest | WALKER |
| 20 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 July 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Bighorn National Forest | WOLF CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wolf: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckton | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Dayton | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ranchester | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Parkman | 13.7 miles | 15 | |
| Monarch | 14.1 miles | 15 | |
| Big Horn | 14.4 miles | 13 | |
| Burgess Junction | 14.9 miles | 17 | |
| Powder Horn | 15.0 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Wolf | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8029774 | 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 1604593. 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.