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The Thunder Basin National Grassland is located in northeastern Wyoming in the Powder River Basin between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills.The Grassland ranges in elevation from 3,600 to 5,200 feet (1,100 to 1,600 m), and the climate is semi-arid.
There are local ranger district offices located in Steamboat Springs, Walden, and Yampa. Thunder Basin National Grassland (547,620 acres) is located in northeastern Wyoming and consists primarily of lands leased to cattle interests. In descending order of land area the grassland is located in Weston, Converse, Campbell, Niobrara, and Crook ...
Formed by the confluence of Antelope Creek and Dry Fork Creek in Wyoming, it rises in northeastern Wyoming in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Converse County.It flows east into South Dakota, passes Edgemont, and skirts the southern end of the Black Hills, passing through Angostura Reservoir.
Keyhole Reservoir, an impoundment of the Belle Fourche River, was formed by the Keyhole Dam project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, completed in 1952.The reservoir has a total capacity of 334,200 acre-feet and water surface of 13,700 acres, which provides storage for irrigation, flood control, fish and wildlife conservation, recreation, sediment control, and municipal and ...
National Park Service: Yes Thunder Basin National Grassland: Wyoming: U.S. Forest Service: Trexler Nature Preserve: Pennsylvania: Lehigh County: Yes Turkey River Mounds State Preserve: Iowa: Iowa Department of Natural Resources: Valentine National Wildlife Refuge: Nebraska: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Valles Caldera National Preserve: New ...
Converse County was created in 1888 by the legislature of the Wyoming Territory, of area annexed from Albany and Laramie counties. [3]Converse County was named for A.R. Converse, a banker and rancher from Cheyenne, Wyoming, who was co-owner with Francis E. Warren in a large ranch in the eastern part of Converse County.
Wyoming Highway 450 begins its western end in the Town of Wright in Campbell County at Wyoming Highway 59, just south of the eastern terminus of Wyoming Highway 387. [1] [2] Highway 450 heads due east through Thunder Basin National Grassland for much of its length. Nearing 21 miles, WYO 450 leaves Campbell County and enters Weston.
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