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Basin, Wyoming

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the South Big Horn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82410. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greybull South quadrangle. 1,288 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,878 feet above sea level.

Basin within Big Horn County

On record in Basin

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Basin grew from 1,285 to 1,288 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
20101,285
20201,288+3 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

What the histories say of this town

1,150 words

1 chapter about Basin from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Big Horn County, Wyoming : the Gem of the RockiesBig Horn County, Wyoming : the Gem of the Rockies (1906)1,150 words

Fires near this place

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Basin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 385 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning13
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresBighorn CountyORCHARD BENCH 2
6 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresBighorn CountyORCHARD BENCH
4 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresBighorn CountyMRYTLE STREE
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBighorn CountyHWY 30#3
30 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresBighorn CountyHWY 30
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBighorn CountyHWY 30 #2
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBighorn CountyRD 28.5
10 August 2020Natural5.0 acresBighorn CountyGUN RANGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Basin in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Flash FloodBasin$91,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBasin$50,000There 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.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBasin$10,000Damage 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.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBasin$3,000A 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.
May 2022HailBasin-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail to the north of Basin along Highway 789.
June 2019HailBasin-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in Basin.
June 2018Funnel CloudBasin-A trained spotter observed a funnel cloud 4 miles west of Basin.
July 2009HailBasin-Hail up to the size of pennies fell in Basin.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBasin-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBasin-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBasin-no account filed
June 2001Tornado (F0)Basin-no account filed
July 1997Tornado (F0)Basin-no account filed
July 1997HailBasin-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Basin-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Basin-no account filed
June 1997HailBasin-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Basin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Big Horn 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
Greybull7.6 miles7
Manderson8.6 miles9
Otto12.6 miles7
Reeves Corner13.4 miles16
Flitners Corner14.0 miles16
Shell17.4 miles16
Emblem20.6 miles7
Burlington21.4 miles8

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 BasinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988558The 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 1585173. 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.

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.