Auburn, Wyoming
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Afton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83111. It stands on Martha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. 375 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,053 feet above sea level.
On record in Auburn
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 1 record
Rock Churchlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresAuburn grew from 328 to 375 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 328 | |
| 2020 | 375 | +47 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Freedom quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Auburn between 2006 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Lincoln County | 238 |
| 14 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | GROVER |
| 25 July 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Lincoln County | MILE 85 |
| 13 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Lincoln County | HAY FIRE |
| 4 June 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | TOMS CANYON |
| 6 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Lincoln County | SHAW |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Lincoln County | OWENS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Auburn: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Salt, Salt, Sulfur, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Area Hot Springs | Sulfur, Geothermal | Occurrence | hot springs deposit | |
| Salt Deposit | Salt | Unknown | ||
| McGrew Spring | Bromine, Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Petersen Spring | Bromine, Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Reed Springs | Bromine, Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Call Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburn in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flood | Auburn | - | Minor impacts from flooding confined to low lying areas near the river. No damage was reported to transportation infrastructure or property. Maximum flow of around 3500 CFS occurred from May 25 through May 26 at the Salt River near Etna river gauge. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Auburn | - | Approximately 600 acres of a mature grain crop near Auburn were severely damaged by one inch diameter hail. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Auburn | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Auburn | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Afton | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Turnerville | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bedford | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Osmond | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Thayne | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Star Valley Ranch | 12.6 miles | 9 |
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 Auburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q937358 | 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 1597836. 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.





