Brookhurst, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Casper South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82636. It stands on Elkhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookhurst quadrangle. 205 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,118 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrookhurst grew from 185 to 205 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 | 185 | |
| 2020 | 205 | +20 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Brookhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Brookhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brookhurst quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Casper quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Brookhurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,142 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 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 | 76 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | COMPOST |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | COLE CREEK |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Natrona County | LANDMARK |
| 4 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Natrona County | MORADO |
| 4 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Natrona County | SE WYOMING BLVD |
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Natrona County | NA |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Natrona County | IMIGRANT TRAIL FIRE |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Casper Field Office | GEARY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Brookhurst: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Clay Co Mill | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Kaycee Clay Mine | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Kaycee Mine | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Bradshaw Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Casper Concrete Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hidebrand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lathrop L-3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Land Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sun Ray Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookhurst in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Brookhurst | $200,000 | Heavy rain began falling around 1900MST over east Casper and the east end of Casper Mountain. Thunderstorms had approached the area from the southwest and a low-level northeast flow made for a slower progression over east Casper. The result was rainfall of one-half to one-inch in about 25 minutes. Street flooding was observed along East 2nd Street from Wyoming Boulevard toward Hat Six Road. The water was up to two feet deep near the intersection of Blackmore Road and East 2nd Street. Hail around one-half inch in diameter accumulated to a depth of several inches.||The most significant flooding occurred at the Hat Six Ranch at the east end of Casper Mountain. The steep canyons and hillsides above the ranch were torched the previous September by the Sheep Herder Hill Wildfire. Excessive rainfall quickly brought a mix of rock, mud, and debris down one canyon and another draw damaging two homes, at least three vehicles, and two all-terrain vehicles. Water and debris eventually found the Clear Fork Muddy Creek channel and spread out to be anywhere from 50 to 100 yards wide. One additional ranch received damage as the creek swept northeast and eventually topped the Hat Six Road. |
| June 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Brookhurst | - | Two reports were received of a funnel cloud east of Casper in the vicinity of Cole Creek Road. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Brookhurst | - | One inch diamater hail was observed northeast of Casper. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Brookhurst | - | Nickel sized hail fell near the Hat Six exit on Interstate 25. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strouds | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Evansville | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Casper | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Thorndale Acres | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Allendale | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hartrandt | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Richardson Acres | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Midwest Heights | 6.6 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 Brookhurst | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q979898 | 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 1597232. 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.







