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.
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
Basin Republican-Rustler Printing Buildinglisted 1976
US Post Office-Basin Mainlisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresBasin 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,285 | |
| 2020 | 1,288 | +3 (+0%) |
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 Cody quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Greybull South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Basin quadrangle1:100000
What the histories say of this town
1,150 words1 chapter about Basin from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Big Horn County, Wyoming : the Gem of the Rockies | Big Horn County, Wyoming : the Gem of the Rockies (1906) | 1,150 words |
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Bighorn County | ORCHARD BENCH 2 |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Bighorn County | ORCHARD BENCH |
| 4 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Bighorn County | MRYTLE STREE |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Bighorn County | HWY 30#3 |
| 30 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Bighorn County | HWY 30 |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Bighorn County | HWY 30 #2 |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Bighorn County | RD 28.5 |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Bighorn County | GUN RANGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Basin | $91,000 | no account filed |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Basin | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail to the north of Basin along Highway 789. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Basin | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in Basin. |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Basin | - | A trained spotter observed a funnel cloud 4 miles west of Basin. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Basin | - | Hail up to the size of pennies fell in Basin. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Basin | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Basin | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Basin | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Basin | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Basin | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Basin | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Basin | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Basin | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Basin | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Basin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greybull | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Manderson | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Otto | 12.6 miles | 7 | |
| Reeves Corner | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Flitners Corner | 14.0 miles | 16 | |
| Shell | 17.4 miles | 16 | |
| Emblem | 20.6 miles | 7 | |
| Burlington | 21.4 miles | 8 |
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 Basin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q988558 | 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 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.




