Barnum, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kaycee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82639. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barnum quadrangle. It stands 5,177 feet above sea level.
On record in Barnum
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
Dull Knife Battlefieldlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Barnum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Barnum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Barnum between 1995 and 2020, burning about 79 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo Field Office | SOUTH PASTURE |
| 2 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buffalo Field Office | SILAGE PIT |
| 2 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | 10 acres | Buffalo Field Office | POISON WEE |
| 5 July 1996 | Natural | 10 acres | Casper Field Office | HORSE PAST |
| 20 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo Field Office | COMMISSIONER |
| 18 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | WILDMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Barnum: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarris-Marie #1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| South Kaycee Mine | Bentonite | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnum in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Barnum | - | See episode for a description. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Barnum | - | Reports to Sheriffs office of minor flooding across some of the dirt roads in southwestern portions of Johnson county. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Barnum | - | A supercell thunderstorm developed in the lee of the Bighorn range and brought large hail from Barnum to Kaycee. Hail the size of baseballs fell near Barnum with quarter size hail reported in Kaycee. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Barnum | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Barnum, WY. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Barnum | - | NCRS employees reported minor to moderate flooding along the Middle Fork of the Powder River downstream from Barnum. The flooding remained over rural areas and caused no damage. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Barnum | - | A strong thunderstorm dropped penny sized hail in the vicinity of Barnum. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Barnum | - | A thunderstorm developed along the east side of the Bighorn Range and slowly strengthened. The storm became a supercell and dropped very large hail from Barnum to Kaycee. There were widespread reports of quarter size or bigger hail along the path. The largest report of hail was tennis ball size 5 miles southwest of Kaycee, not far from where a tornado developed. Hail up to the size of ping pong balls was reported in Barnum. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnum | - | The Poker Creek RAWS site registered a wind gust to 59 mph. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Barnum | - | Heavy rain fell in and around Barnum producing minor flash flooding. Some mud and debris was deposited by the flood on Barnum Road, which was removed by a county grading crew. Beaver Creek overflowed its banks and flooded a few ranch fields. The inundation of water caused a five foot rise in about two hours on the Middle Fork of the Powder River. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Barnum | - | Penny sized hail was reported at a ranch south of Barnum. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnum | - | Wind gusts estimated at 75 to 80 mph blew down several trees along the Bar C Ranch Road from Barnum to the Bar C Ranch. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Barnum | - | The public reported 1.9 of rain at the Blue Creek Ranch near Barnum. The creek was out of its banks and flooding property at the ranch. The creek was reportedly carrying a significant amount of debris out of a nearby canyon. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Barnum | - | One inch diameter hail was reported with a severe thunderstorm that formed along the southeast Bighorn Mountains. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Barnum | - | Members of a Washakie County Road and Bridge crew observed a funnel cloud over the Big Horn Mountains west of Barnum. The crew was working near Cherry Creek Road in southeast Washakie County and observed the storm from the west. |
| June 2023 | Flood | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Barnum | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayoworth | 13.1 miles | 6 | |
| Kaycee | 14.7 miles | 6 | |
| Linstead Place | 21.3 miles | 6 | |
| Hazelton | 30.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sussex | 32.7 miles | 6 | |
| Sussex Unit | 37.7 miles | 7 | |
| Linch | 38.0 miles | 7 | |
| Buffalo | 48.5 miles | 12 |
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 Barnum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19460377 | 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 1597214. 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.




