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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Gillette East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:100000
- 1974 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 42 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | 126 |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Campbell County | UNION CHAPEL |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Campbell County | WYODAK |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | FOX PARK |
| 30 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 12-1844 |
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Campbell County | I-90 |
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 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.
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Heights | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Crestview | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Antelope Valley | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sunburst | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gillette | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rozet | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Adon | 17.5 miles | 8 |
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 Wyodak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29465915 | 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 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.






