Big Horn County, Wyoming

63 topographic sheets cover 19 settlements here, and 16 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

16 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Wyoming within the United States

Big Horn County within Wyoming

What the record shows

178 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
16 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 9 buildings, 4 structures, 2 districts and 1 site.
2 of the 16 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 19 populated places in this county; 19 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
American Legion Hall, Post 32	building	2014	14000386
Basin Republican-Rustler Printing Building	building	1976	76001948
Big Horn Academy Historic District	district	1992	92000285
Bridger Immigrant Road-Dry Creek Crossing	site	1975	75001900
Carey Block	building	2009	09001110
EJE Bridge over Shell Creek	structure	1985	85000415
EJP County Line Bridge	structure	1985	85000412
EJZ Bridge over Shoshone River	structure	1985	85000413
Hyart Theater, The	building	2009	08001304
Lower Shell School House	building	1985	85000247
M L Ranch	building	1992	92000836
Rairden Bridge	structure	1985	85000414
Schunk Lodge	district	2018	100001955
Shell Community Hall	building	2022	100007266
US Post Office-Basin Main	building	1987	87000779
US Post Office-Greybull Main	building	1987	87000780

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

612 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 612 of them, burning about 31,406 acres. 175 started naturally and 5 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	200
Natural	175
Debris and open burning	97
Recreation and ceremony	62
Equipment and vehicle use	38
Fireworks	21
Smoking	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
13 August 2007	Natural	13,450 acres	Bighorn National Forest	BONE CREEK
15 August 2003	Natural	2,500 acres	Worland Field Office	COPPER
28 August 2011	Natural	2,200 acres	Bighorn National Forest	RESERVIOR
14 June 2018	Natural	1,994 acres	Worland Field Office	WEINTZ
27 April 2013	Debris and open burning	1,509 acres	Cody Field Office	BIG FORK
21 April 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	863 acres	Cody Field Office	ML
2 August 1996	Debris and open burning	718 acres	Worland Field Office	COLD SPR#2
19 July 2016	Natural	544 acres	Bighorn National Forest	ARDEN

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1958 to 2025

60 of 222 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 222 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 3 injuries and about $3,110,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	87
Hail	62
Tornado	33
Flood	20
Flash Flood	10
Funnel Cloud	9
Lightning	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 1959	Tornado (F2)	not stated	1 killed, 1 hurt, $2,500	no account filed
July 1978	Tornado (F2)	not stated	1 hurt, $250,000	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Greybull	1 hurt, $75,000	Hailstones of golf ball size were numerous at a residence in Greybull. Some stones reached two inches in diameter.
March 2014	Flood	Rairden	$500,000	An ice jam caused flooding around the town of Manderson near the confluence of the Big Horn and Nowood rivers. The National Guard was called in to assist with sandbagging and other protective measures on March 9 and 10.
June 2011	Flood	Hyattville	$440,000	Medicine Lodge Creek rose rapidly during the early morning hours of Friday, June 24 as a result of snowmelt in the western Bighorn Mountains. The rising creek completely flooded the campground area and washed out portions of the main road at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site northeast of Hyattville. Water from the creek also ran down State Highway 31 which serves as Main Street in Hyattville. The basement of at least one home was inundated by flood waters from the creek. Officials dug a trench across the highway in Hyattville to relieve flood waters on the upstream side of the road. Flooding of agricultural land also occurred in areas between Hyattville and Manderson along the Nowood River and Medicine Lodge Creek.
July 2011	Flood	Kane	$351,500	Excessive snowmelt runoff caused flooding at Big Horn Lake. The lake elevation hovered about 15 feet above full pool at 3,655 feet. High water neared the level of the US Highway 14A causeway across the southern end of the lake. Wind gusts to 45 mph caused waves that eroded some of the embankment along the causeway and deposited debris onto the highway. On Friday night, July 22, the waves deposited enough debris to necessitate snowplows to come and clear the highway. County Road 20 along the west shore of the lake was inundated and sustained significant damage as a result of the prolonged period of high water.
June 2011	Flood	Greybull	$300,000	Shell Creek and its tributaries caused flooding in and around the community of Shell. The flooding was a result of continued snowmelt in the western Bighorn Mountains as the warmest temperatures of the season were attained. Damage was reported on the Kedesh Guest Ranch and a county road along Trappers Creek.
March 2014	Flood	Greybull	$250,000	Flooding of the Spence Oil Field and other areas north of Greybull occurred along the Big Horn River. Three homes outside the Greybull levee system had minor flooding.
June 2011	Flood	Greybull	$150,000	Flooding occurred on Shell, Horse, and Trapper creeks as snowmelt runoff increased. Lowland near the creeks and at least one guest ranch were impacted by the rising waters. No bridges were damaged by the high waters but several area roads were inundated and damaged.
June 2011	Flood	Otto	$145,000	Snowmelt waters traveled down the Greybull River and combined with heavy rain from thunderstorms to create lowland flooding along the river upstream of Greybull. Lane 40 1/2 and Road 5 southwest of Burlington were both inundated by water. The river tried to reroute itself in the vicinity of Road 5. This led county road and bridge employees to construct a new dike to protect one residence and a road.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Basin	$91,000	no account filed
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Manderson	$75,000	A gust front developed ahead of a line of thunderstorms moving northward through the Bighorn Basin. Very strong winds developed along a line from Manderson northward to Greybull. At the Greybull airport, a wind gust of 78 mph was recorded before the power failed. In Basin. 15 to 20 trees were downed or uprooted, some falling on houses and power lines. In addition, a roof was blown off of a building and a power pole was snapped. In Greybull, numerous trees were uprooted. One tree fell on a house, causing some structural damage. Another tree was uprooted at a motel.
July 2011	Flood	Otto	$50,000	Flood waters along the Greybull River just upstream of Greybull were responsible for isolating at least two homes as water covered an entire field. The water also inundated low-lying areas along the west side of US Highway 16. The right-of-way fence along the highway was barely showing and nearby barrow pits were almost full.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Basin	$50,000	There was extensive thunderstorm wind damage in Basin. Most of the damage occurred south of Wyoming Avenue over the southern-quarter of the town. A large tree fell over onto the bed of a pickup, rendering it useless. Downed trees and limbs were responsible for roof damage and flying debris shattered both home and vehicle windows.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Burlington	$50,000	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lovell	$35,000	no account filed
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Greybull Arpt	$25,000	A wind gust of 79 mph was reported at the Greybull, Wyoming airport from a convective shower. The wind gust caused damage in Greybull, Wyoming, where a tree was uprooted, a roof and house under construction were damaged, and a camper was tipped over.
May 2013	Flash Flood	Hyattville	$25,000	Heavy rain from thunderstorms brought flash flooding to the Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Debris covered the main road leading into the park in several spots, occasionally to a depth of one to two feet. At least six campsites in the park were damaged when normally dry arroyos to the east of the park swept water and debris across them before emptying into Medicine Lodge Creek. One camper was damaged as mud and rock flowed against its sides. Rainfall estimates ranged from 0.50 inches to 1.25 inches in about 30 minutes.
June 2011	Flood	Hyattville	$25,000	Medicine Lodge Creek overflowed its banks for the second time in a week causing damage at the Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Much of the site was flooded as waters surged down the narrow creek.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Greybull	$25,000	A thunderstorm moving east along Dry Creek toward Greybull produced one to two inches of rain in Greybull in less than one hour. The town emergency manager reported a few rain gages in town measured slightly more than two inches of rain in 50 minutes. Pea sized hail of one inch in depth also occurred with the heavy rain. The Greybull storm drainage system was unable to keep up with the deluge of water and hail, flooding many prone areas around town. The heavy rain flooded portions of the Greybull River Road and several basements in town sustained damage.
June 1978	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
June 1964	Tornado	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
June 1958	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	$15,000	Thunderstorms moved from the Absarokas to the Big Horns. The storms produced strong winds and lightning, which knocked out power in the area for up to three and one-half hours east of Lovell. About 1,750 feet of line was downed by strong winds west of Lovell. Four inches of hail fell in Meeteetse and winds also felled a tree.
June 2006	Hail	Lovell	$12,000	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Lovell	$12,000	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Basin	$10,000	Damage at a local ranch included a barn roof being ripped off with the remnants scattered across the property. The flying tin roof damaged a corral and injured one horse. Swathed hay that had not yet been baled was completely blown away amounting to a loss of about nine tons.
July 2024	Flash Flood	Shell	$10,000	no account filed
June 2015	Flash Flood	Hyattville	$5,000	Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms dropped heavy rain in a small drainage basin west of Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Run-off in the basin fed a dry wash that brought water into the central portion of the park. The dry wash directed water into and around a newly refurbished small cabin that serves as a visitor center. There was minor damage to the park road.
June 2015	Flood	Greybull	$5,000	Minor flooding of the Greybull River occurred just south of Greybull near State Highway 789. The flooding occurred at the confluence of the Greybull River and the rain-swollen Big Horn River. Heavy rain of the previous week had filled the Big Horn River and the snowmelt run-off in the Greybull River began to back-up near the confluence. A small levee was reported to have collapsed upstream of the confluence causing further problems. Sandbags were deployed to prevent damage. Most of the flooding was confined to low-lying areas and little damage was reported.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyattville	$5,000	Several three-foot diameter Cottonwood trees were toppled at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site northeast of Hyattville.
June 2009	Tornado (EF1)	Rairden	$5,000	A tornado struck a ranch, including a home, east of Manderson. Three children were in the house at the time of the tornado. The tornado was about 100 feet wide and traveled approximately one-third mile from north-to-south, crossing State Highway 31 before dissipating. Several trees, two fences, and a wooden corral sustained considerable damage. An All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) was lifted, spun 180 degrees, and moved about 15 feet. A bicycle was tossed onto the roof of the ranch home and several water bins were tossed about.\|\|This landspout tornado occurred in a post-cold frontal environment. A cold front moved through Manderson around 0830MST on Monday leaving northwest wind of 30 to 40 mph in its wake. Solar heating continued to warm the surface while colder air streamed into the region aloft. This helped set the stage for an unstable atmosphere during the afternoon. A west-moving boundary from showers to the east of Manderson in the Bighorn Mountain foothills helped initiate the updraft that spawned the tornado.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Byron	$3,000	Two power poles were felled by a wind gust associated with outflow from a thunderstorm.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Basin	$3,000	A severe wind gust was measured on equipment located at a landfill about three miles north-northwest of Basin. Power lines and trees were also reported down in the area.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Shell	$3,000	Trees were downed across U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 20 and 21 in Shell Canyon.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Shell	$2,500	Trees and power lines were reported down near Beaver Creek west of Shell.
May 1984	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
July 1974	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
June 1974	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
June 1974	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
July 1967	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
June 1962	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
July 1962	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
July 1959	Tornado	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
May 2015	Flash Flood	Hyattville	$2,000	Heavy rain of one-half to one inch inundated dry washes and arroyos in and around Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Water and mud flowing out of one small canyon caused damage to at least six campsites in the middle portion of the site.
August 2009	Hail	Greybull	$2,000	Hail estimated at two inches in diameter dented the hood of a traveling vehicle. Most of the stones were the size of a half dollar coin.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Greybull	$1,500	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed one large tree which blocked a road near the Greybull library. Also, newspaper stands were blown over in Greybull.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Cowley Arpt	$1,000	The AWOS at the Cowley Airport registered a peak wind gust of 67 mph just after 1500MST. Shortly thereafter, these winds struck Lovell where the local police reported downed power lines at 1515MST.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hyattville	$1,000	Thunderstorm outflow toppled two large trees at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. The falling trees damaged a fence and narrowly missed a small cabin on the property.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Rairden	$1,000	Estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph partially uprooted a spruce tree and large tree limbs were brought down at a ranch east of Manderson. The wind also blew a swing 30-feet through the air and along the ground.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Shell	$1,000	A trained spotter along U.S. Highway 14 reported estimated winds around 70 mph and numerous branches blown off trees.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Shell	$500	Large branches were blown off trees west of Shell.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Greybull Arpt	-	A 67 mph wind gust was reported at the Southern Big Horn County airport near Greybull.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Greybull Arpt	-	The South Big Horn County airport reported a wind gust of 71 mph.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Greybull Arpt	-	The South Big Horn airport had a wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Greybull Arpt	-	The South Big Horn County airport near Greybull reported a wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Greybull Arpt	-	A 59 mph wind gust was reported at the Greybull Airport.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Greybull Arpt	-	The South Big Horn County airport had a 61 mph wind gust.
May 2023	Hail	Greybull Arpt	-	A trained spotter reported quarter size hail to the northwest of Greybull.
May 2023	Hail	Byron	-	A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail the southwest of Byron, WY.

Mines and quarries

253 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 253 workings inside this county. 30 still produce and 223 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Uranium	113
Gypsum-Anhydrite	63
Bentonite	36
Sand and Gravel, Construction	10
Clay	7
Stone, Crushed/Broken	6
Pumice	3
Magnesite	3
Silica	3
Gold	2
Titanium-Heavy Minerals	1
Thorium, Zirconium, Iron	1
Zirconium, Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium	1
Iron	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cowley	Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron	Occurrence	1955
Lovell	Zirconium, Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Iron	Occurrence
Porcupine Group	REE, Beryllium	Prospect	Monazite
Soldier Creek Prospect	Potassium, Potash	Occurrence
Spanish Point Agate Mine	Semiprecious Gemstone	Prospect
Unknown	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Unknown	Lead	Occurrence
Bald Mountain Placer Claims	Gold	Prospect
Unknown	Gold	Prospect
Unknown	Pumice	Occurrence
Unknown	Magnesite	Occurrence
Unknown	Pumice	Occurrence
Unknown	Silica	Prospect
Unknown	Magnesite	Occurrence
Unknown	Silica	Prospect
Unknown	Pumice	Occurrence
Unknown	Silica	Past Producer	1927
Unknown	Magnesite	Occurrence
Big Coulee	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Five Springs Area	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Little Sheep Mountain	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect
North Emblem	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Shell Creek Canyon	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Sykes Mountain	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
American Colloid Co Mine	Clay	Producer
Dresser Industry Inc Mill	Clay	Producer
Lovell	Clay	Producer
Sage Creek Mill	Clay	Producer
Snake Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Stucco Mill	Clay	Producer
Unknown	Clay	Occurrence
Asay Pit Number One	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Asay Pit Number Three	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Big Horn Redi-Mix, Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Blm Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Clark Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Government Pit Number One	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Sand and Gravel Nichols	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Shirran Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Valley Ranch	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Bear Creek #1	Bentonite	Unknown
Bear Creek #2	Bentonite	Unknown
Beaver Hill Mines	Bentonite	Producer
Beaver Hill Mines	Bentonite	Producer
Big Horn River	Bentonite	Unknown
Big Horn River Area	Bentonite	Unknown
Bighorn Bentonite Co. Claims	Bentonite	Occurrence
Colony Plant Bentonite	Bentonite	Producer
Crystal	Bentonite	Unknown
Dresser Bentonite Mine	Bentonite	Producer
Dry Creek #2	Bentonite	Occurrence
Dry Gulch	Bentonite	Unknown
Greybull	Bentonite	Unknown
Greybull Area #1	Bentonite	Producer
Greybull Area #2	Bentonite	Producer
Greybull Area #3	Bentonite	Producer
Greybull Area #4	Bentonite	Producer
Gypsum Creek Area	Bentonite	Past Producer
L.E.Collingwood Bent.Mine & Mill	Bentonite	Producer
Lovell Deposit #1	Bentonite	Producer
Lovell Deposit #2	Bentonite	Producer
Lovell Mines	Bentonite	Producer
North of Cowley	Bentonite	Past Producer
North-East of Greybull	Bentonite	Producer
Northwest of Greybull	Bentonite	Producer
Porter Gulch Area	Bentonite	Producer
Shell Canal	Bentonite	Unknown
Stucco Mines	Bentonite	Producer
Unknown	Bentonite	Occurrence
Unknown	Bentonite	Unknown
Unknown	Bentonite	Unknown
Unknown	Bentonite	Prospect
Unknown	Bentonite	Occurrence
Unknown	Bentonite	Occurrence
Unknown	Bentonite	Unknown
Wyo-Ben Products	Bentonite	Past Producer
Beaver Creek #1	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Beaver Creek #2	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Dry Creek #1	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
East Fork Mcdermotts Creek	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Greybull Stucco	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Gypsum Quarry #3	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Gypsum Quarry #6	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Gypsum Quarry No. 7	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Himes Mill	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Horse Creek Canyon	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Hyattville Area	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #1	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #10	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #11	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #12	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #13	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #14	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #15	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #18	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #19	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #2	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #20	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #3	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #4	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #5	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #6	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #8	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Anticline #9	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Little Sheep Mountain Antilline No7	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Lovell Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Paintrock Area	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Potato Ridge	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Sheep Mountain Anticline #1	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Sheep Mountain Anticline #2	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Tenseep Canyon	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Three Fork Canyon Area #1	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Three Fork Canyon Area #2	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Three Fork Canyon Area #4	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Three Forks Canyon Area #3	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Prospect
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Prospect
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Prospect
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Zeisman Ranch	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Al Egbert	Uranium	Unknown
Amsden Property	Uranium	Prospect
Anomaly #1	Uranium	Occurrence
Anomaly #4	Uranium	Occurrence
Anomaly #4	Uranium	Occurrence
Anomaly #6	Uranium	Occurrence
Anomaly No 1	Uranium	Unknown
Anomaly No. 3	Uranium	Occurrence
Asay-Egbert Prospects	Uranium	Occurrence
Asay-Egbert Prospects	Uranium	Occurrence
Avery Claims	Uranium	Unknown
Beaver Creek	Uranium	Unknown
Big Hill Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Big Hill Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Big Hill Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Big Hill Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Big Hill Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Big Hill Group	Uranium	Unknown
Big Hill Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Burgess Claim	Uranium	Unknown
Burgess Claim	Uranium	Unknown
Cave Group	Uranium	Unknown
Claim Area	Uranium	Unknown
Crooked Creek Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Crooked Creek Group	Uranium	Prospect
Dirty Beast	Uranium	Prospect
Dry Creek Group No.1	Uranium	Occurrence
Dry Creek Group No.2	Uranium	Occurrence
Dry Creek Group No.3	Uranium	Occurrence
Egbert	Uranium	Occurrence
End of Day & Sun Up Claims No.1	Uranium	Prospect
End of Day & Sun Up Claims No.2	Uranium	Prospect
End of Day & Sun Up Claims No.3	Uranium	Prospect
End of Day & Sun Up Claims No.4	Uranium	Prospect
Fuesner & Sons	Uranium	Past Producer
High Noon	Uranium	Past Producer
High Noon Claims	Uranium	Unknown
Horseshoe 9-10	Uranium	Occurrence
Horseshoe Claims #9&10	Uranium	Past Producer
Horseshoe Group	Uranium	Unknown
Jet 8	Uranium	Past Producer
Jet Claims, Modern Claims	Uranium	Past Producer	Vein
John Claim	Uranium	Unknown
Lisbon Mines	Uranium	Unknown
Little Mountain	Uranium	Past Producer
Little Mountain	Uranium	Past Producer
Lucky Strike	Uranium	Occurrence
Marvel Mine	Uranium	Occurrence
Marvel Mine	Uranium	Unknown
Mickey 2-10	Uranium	Past Producer
Midnight	Uranium	Past Producer
Midnight	Uranium	Past Producer
Midnight	Uranium	Past Producer
Mike #10	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein
Mike #10 & Mickey #2-10	Uranium	Past Producer
Mike 1-10	Uranium	Past Producer
Mike 1-10	Uranium	Past Producer
Mike Claims	Uranium	Occurrence
Morris Avery	Uranium	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Mudstone Claims	Uranium	Unknown
Mudstone Claims	Uranium	Unknown
Mudstone Claims	Uranium	Unknown
Old Glory Hole	Uranium	Unknown
Reeves Ranch	Uranium	Occurrence
Reeves Ranch	Uranium	Unknown
Robertson Claim-No.1	Uranium	Prospect
Robertson Claim-No.1	Uranium	Prospect
Ryan Consolidated Claims	Uranium	Producer	Vein
Sanguine #12	Uranium	Unknown
Saunders Mine	Uranium	Unknown
Shell Creek Prospect	Uranium	Past Producer
Smith Property & Lucky Strike Claim	Uranium	Prospect
Smith-Pauleson	Uranium	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Smith-Powleson Claim	Uranium	Occurrence
Sunup Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Super Cub Mine	Uranium	Past Producer
Titan Mine	Uranium	Unknown
Tri Pacer #4	Uranium	Occurrence
Tri-Pacer #4	Uranium	Past Producer
Tri-Pacer #5	Uranium	Past Producer
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Tyuyamunite
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Past Producer
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Past Producer
Unknown	Uranium	Prospect
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
Unknown	Uranium	Past Producer
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Unknown
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Unknown	Uranium	Producer
Western Bighorn Group	Uranium	Unknown
Whitehead Claims	Uranium	Occurrence
Wildcat Group	Uranium	Occurrence
Wildcat Group 9 Claims Staked	Uranium	Occurrence
Yellowtail Mine	Uranium	Producer

Town by town, in the county's histories

1,150 words

The part of each published history that is about one town: 1 chapter, each reproduced complete.

Town	Chapter	From	Length
Basin	Big Horn County, Wyoming : the Gem of the Rockies	Big Horn County, Wyoming : the Gem of the Rockies (1906)	1,150 words

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Basin

South Big Horn census division · 82410 · On Antelope Creek · Greybull South quadrangle

7 sheets, 1955 to 1982
Burlington

Central Big Horn census division · 82411 · Burlington quadrangle

8 sheets, 1951 to 1982
Byron

North Big Horn census division · 82412 · On Coon Creek · Byron quadrangle

7 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Cowley

North Big Horn census division · 82420 · On Big Wash · Cowley quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Deaver

North Big Horn census division · 82421 · Frannie quadrangle

6 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Emblem

Central Big Horn census division · 82422 · On Horse Creek · Emblem quadrangle

7 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Flitners Corner

Central Big Horn census division · 82426 · On Beaver Creek · Shell quadrangle

16 sheets, 1898 to 1993
Frannie

North Big Horn census division · 82423 · Frannie quadrangle

6 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Greybull

Central Big Horn census division · 82426 · Near Tin Can Alley · Greybull South quadrangle

7 sheets, 1955 to 1982
Hewitt Place

South Big Horn census division · Dead Indian Hill quadrangle

7 sheets, 1951 to 1982
Hyattville

South Big Horn census division · 82428 · On Medicine Lodge Creek · Hyattville quadrangle

9 sheets, 1955 to 1979
Kane

North Big Horn census division · 82431 · Near Katys Nipple · Kane quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Lovell

North Big Horn census division · 82431 · On Peterson Creek · Lovell quadrangle

9 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Manderson

South Big Horn census division · 82432 · Near Schoolhouse Gulch · Manderson quadrangle

9 sheets, 1955 to 1979
Meadow Lark Lake

South Big Horn census division · On Willow Creek · Brokenback Narrows quadrangle

18 sheets, 1899 to 1993
Otto

Central Big Horn census division · 82434 · Otto quadrangle

7 sheets, 1951 to 1982
Reeves Corner

Central Big Horn census division · 82426 · Shell quadrangle

16 sheets, 1898 to 1993
Sales Place

South Big Horn census division · Near Dead Indian Hill · Dead Indian Hill quadrangle

7 sheets, 1951 to 1982
Shell

South Big Horn census division · 82441 · On Horse Creek · Shell quadrangle

16 sheets, 1898 to 1993

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.