Baggs, Wyoming
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rawlins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82321. It stands on Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baggs quadrangle. 411 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,247 feet above sea level.
On record in Baggs
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
First State Bank of Baggslisted 1984- Divide Sheep Camplisted 1984
- JO Ranch Rural Historic Landscapelisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresBaggs fell from 440 to 411 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 | 440 | |
| 2020 | 411 | -29 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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 Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Baggs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Baggs SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Baggs quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Baggs quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Baggs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 687 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Carbon County | DAD |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Carbon County | MILEPOST 24 WY. 789 |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Carbon County | DUNCAN RANCH |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | 5MILE PT |
| 24 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | HEDGES |
| 19 August 2017 | Firearms and explosives use | 281 acres | Northwest District, Craig | POLE |
| 19 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Carbon County | UNKNOWN |
| 1 August 2020 | Natural | 16 acres | Moffat County | STATELINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Baggs: 6 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Placer Co. Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1891, 1892 | |
| Snake River placers | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Pit #1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Pit #11 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Corson Wilson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baggs in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baggs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Savery | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Tullis | 23.2 miles | 16 | |
| Dexterville (historical) | 27.5 miles | 17 | |
| Copperton (historical) | 29.3 miles | 16 | |
| Dillon (historical) | 31.5 miles | 16 | |
| Rudefeha (historical) | 32.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rambler (historical) | 35.5 miles | 16 |
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 Baggs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028049 | 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 1585049. 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.








