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Wyodak, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Gillette North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82718. The Survey maps it on the Gillette East quadrangle. It stands 4,423 feet above sea level.

Wyodak within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Wyodak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,234 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Fireworks13
Debris and open burning11
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2010Fireworksunder an acreWyoming State Forestry126
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 September 2012Smokingunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
6 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCampbell CountyUNION CHAPEL
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCampbell CountyWYODAK
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryFOX PARK
30 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresWyoming State Forestry12-1844
3 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCampbell CountyI-90

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wyodak: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyodak in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2002: 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002HailWyodak-no account filed
June 2001HailWyodak-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Collins Heights3.2 miles10
Sleepy Hollow4.1 miles9
Crestview5.9 miles9
Antelope Valley6.1 miles9
Sunburst6.3 miles10
Gillette6.5 miles9
Rozet9.2 miles8
Adon17.5 miles8

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 WyodakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q29465915The 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 1596649. 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.

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.