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.
Population over time
2 figuresByron 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 593 | |
| 2020 | 562 | -31 (-5%) |
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
- 1967 USGS Byron quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Powell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 2009Regional 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/undetermined | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bighorn County | 89 |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cody Field Office | AGGARD |
| 12 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cody Field Office | EMMA LOU |
| 3 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Bighorn County | 44 |
| 3 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Bighorn County | 46 |
| 3 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cody Field Office | HIDDEN |
| 16 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cody Field Office | KOLB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cowley | Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| Sage Creek Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | $3,000 | Two power poles were felled by a wind gust associated with outflow from a thunderstorm. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Byron | - | A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail the southwest of Byron, WY. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Byron | - | One inch diameter hail was reported in Byron. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Byron | - | The public reported nickel sized hail. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (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 2006 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Byron | - | 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.
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 Byron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028454 | 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 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.




