Boulder, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82923. It stands on Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boulder quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,018 feet above sea level.
On record in Boulder
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 7 records
DDZ Bridge over New Fork Riverlisted 1985- Big Sandy Lodgelisted 2023
- Emerson Schoollisted 2025
- Jensen Ranchlisted 1988
- Lander Road-New Fork River Crossinglisted 2017
- New Forklisted 1987
- Steele Homesteadlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresBoulder fell from 170 to 115 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 | 170 | |
| 2020 | 115 | -55 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Boulder quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Pinedale quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Boulder between 1995 and 2020, burning about 63 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sublette County | SHOSHONE |
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sublette County | GREGORY |
| 7 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Pinedale Field Office | MILE MARKER 90 |
| 1 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Pinedale Field Office | LOVATT |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sublette County | BLAIR ROAD |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Sublette County | GRABEL |
| 17 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.7 acres | Pinedale Field Office | FISH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Boulder: 5 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Boulder No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boulder in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2018: 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Hail | Boulder | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail to the east of Boulder. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boulder | - | Measured wind gust on home weather station. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Boulder | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Boulder | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Boulder | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Fork | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pinedale | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sylvan Bay Summer Home Area | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Big Sandy | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cora | 19.2 miles | 10 | |
| Daniel | 20.4 miles | 10 | |
| Daniel Junction | 21.0 miles | 10 | |
| Marbleton | 24.7 miles | 11 |
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 Boulder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1907722 | 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 1585799. 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.




