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Byron, Wyoming

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Big Horn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82412. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Byron quadrangle. 562 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,029 feet above sea level.

Byron within Big Horn County

Population over time

2 figures

Byron fell from 593 to 562 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
2010593
2020562-31 (-5%)

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.

Fires near this place

51 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Byron between 2009 and 2020, burning about 738 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning9
Natural3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreBighorn County89
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCody Field OfficeAGGARD
12 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
11 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCody Field OfficeEMMA LOU
3 July 2017Fireworks1.0 acresBighorn County44
3 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBighorn County46
3 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCody Field OfficeHIDDEN
16 July 2011Naturalunder an acreCody Field OfficeKOLB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Byron: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
CowleyTitanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Zirconium, IronOccurrence1955
Sage Creek MillClayProducer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Big Horn County

Storms near this place

7 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byron in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2011Thunderstorm WindByron$3,000Two power poles were felled by a wind gust associated with outflow from a thunderstorm.
May 2023HailByron-A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail the southwest of Byron, WY.
May 2013HailByron-One inch diameter hail was reported in Byron.
June 2007HailByron-The public reported nickel sized hail.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Byron-This tornado formed 5 miles east/southeast of Powell in Park County and entered Big Horn County about 6 miles southwest of Byron at 1229 MST. The tornado then continued for another half mile before dissipating 5.5 miles southwest of Byron at 1231 MST. This tornado formed over open country without damage, therefore it was rated as F0.
June 2006HailByron-no account filed
June 2005HailByron-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
Cowley6.3 miles8
Lovell6.8 miles9
Deaver8.0 miles6
Frannie13.4 miles6
Kane16.4 miles8
Emblem20.9 miles7
Burlington24.4 miles8
Otto29.8 miles7

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 ByronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1028454The 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 1586233. 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.