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Wyoming, Delaware

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19934. It stands on Almshouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wyoming quadrangle. 1,680 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 43 feet above sea level.

Wyoming within Kent County

On record in Wyoming

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Wyoming grew from 1,313 to 1,680 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,313
20201,680+367 (+28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wyoming between 2004 and 2014, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony2

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
13 May 2014Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresDelaware Forest Servicenot named
7 January 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDelaware State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wyoming: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dover Equip. Co. Dredge No. 7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
George Nashold Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George Nashold Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St Jones River Gravel Co Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Kent County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyoming in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
September 2012Tornado (EF0)Wyoming$100,000An EF0 tornado touched down in the Barclay Farms Subdivision in Camden with an estimated maximum wind speed of 85 mph. The tornado damaged approximately ten homes, six of them seriously and caused two injuries. Six homes were considered uninhabitable and gas lines were turned off in the development. The tornado touched down on Dawson Lane and paralleled the train tracks from south to north. Structural damage to homes occurred from Dalby Lane north through Carey Lane. The tornado lifted after it passed Carey Lane. At one home, the wind tore the roof off a garage, damaging the two cars inside and the side of the home. The owner of the house was hospitalized after he cut his hand on a piece of broken glass. A firefighter was also injured assisting another resident. About 1,200 customers of the Delaware Electric Co-Operative lost power after the tornado moved through. All service was restored by 630 p.m. EDT that evening. The tornado's path length was approximately 0.2 miles and its maximum path width was 35 yards.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindWyoming-A loss of stockade fencing was reported in the area. Time estimated from radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWyoming-Several reports of trees and wires down near Wyoming and Camden. Time estimated from radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWyoming-Several trees were split or knocked down in the area of Camden and Wyoming.
April 2006HailWyoming-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindWyoming-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kent 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
Garton Development0.4 miles29
Wyoming Mills0.5 miles29
Allee0.6 miles29
Pharsalia0.7 miles29
Camden1.0 miles29
Chaplecroft1.1 miles29
Newell Creek1.1 miles29
Briar Park1.1 miles29

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 WyomingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q371041The 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 217870. 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.