Carpenter, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pine Bluffs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82054. The Survey maps it on the Carpenter quadrangle. 93 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,440 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCarpenter fell from 94 to 93 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 | 94 | |
| 2020 | 93 | -1 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Carpenter quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Carpenter quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Carpenter between 2004 and 2007, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 23 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2004 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carpenter: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carpenter in 61 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 47 hail, 6 flash flood, 5 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | $500 | Heavy rain lasted 45 minutes. Total of 1.19 inces of rain fell in 45 minutes. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Carpenter | $500 | 3/4 to 1 inch diameter hail reported with some skylights broken. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | - | A trained spotter reported County Road 205 underwater due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Golf ball size hail was observed near Carpenter. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Carpenter | - | The tornado crossed into southern Laramie County, Wyoming from Weld County, Colorado approximately 4 miles southeast of Carpenter. It continued moving towards the north-northwest crossing mostly open farmland, paralleling County Road 151 where it impacted 4 residences. The most significant damage observed by the NWS assessment team was to 2 residences along County Road 151, where a semi-attached garage was completely destroyed (DI 1, DOD 3) by EF-2 intensity winds. Damage also was observed to single family roof structure. Additionally, numerous power poles were snapped along with a ruptured power line. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Ping pong ball size hail covered the ground four miles north-northeast of Carpenter. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Golf ball size hail was observed five miles north of Carpenter. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Quarter size hail was reported at Carpenter. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Quarter size hail was reported seven miles west of Carpenter. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Golf ball to baseball size hail was reported six miles northeast of Carpenter. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Half dollar size hail was observed three miles south-southeast of Carpenter. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Penny to quarter size hail was observed 28 miles east of Cheyenne. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Carpenter | - | A funnel cloud was sighted just east of Carpenter. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | - | Water six to 12 inches deep was running over County Roads 156 and 203 eight to nine miles east of Carpenter. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Quarter size hail was observed near the intersection of County Roads 203 and 141. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Quarter size hail was observed in Carpenter. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Carpenter | - | Damage survey and photographic evidence confirmed an EF0 tornado with estimated winds of 70 mph touched down along County Road 154 six miles east-northeast of Carpenter and moved slowly to the east. The tornado was on the ground for five minutes before it lifted. The path length was a half mile with a damage width of 25 yards. There was minor roof damage to three outbuildings with wood fragments and tin discovered a quarter mile away. At least two trees were partially uprooted with several branches snapped. A one-ton utility trailer was moved 10 feet and flipped over. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported just east of Carpenter. Hail damaged the spotter's roof and broke a window. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Penny to quarter size hail was reported just north of Carpenter. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Carpenter | - | A cooperative observer reported quarter sized hail. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | - | About six inches of swiftly flowing water over Carpenter Road from flooding in nearby farm fields. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Dime to nickel sized hail covering ground. Hailed for 10 minutes. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Carpenter | - | Spotter Looking west from Carpenter. Spotter location was Speer Wyoming. Nickel sized hail reported at his location. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Carpenter | - | Tornado crossed the Colorado/Wyoming state line and weakened considerably as it moved north at 240MST. The tornado moved over all rural uninhabited country and no property damage was observed or reported. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Carpenter | - | The rain is falling so hard that the visibility is near zero. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | - | Flooding in Carpenter and along parts of Cottonwood Creek with some county roads flooded. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Carpenter | - | 3/4 to 1 inch diameter hail reported. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Carpenter | - | Water up to a foot deep covered roads in and near Carpenter, WY. |
| September 1999 | Hail | Carpenter | - | 3/4 inch hail damaged some corn and sugar beet crops. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Carpenter | - | 1 1/2 inch hail fell 10 miles west of Carpenter, WY |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carpenter | - | Tree branches broken. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Thunderstorms occurred in Laramie County during the late afternoon. These storms produced hail from three-quarters inch to one and one-half inches in diameter. Minor damage was reported to some automobiles but no damage figures were available. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Thunderstorms occurred in Laramie County during the late afternoon. These storms produced hail from three-quarters inch to one and one-half inches in diameter. Minor damage was reported to some automobiles but no damage figures were available. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Carpenter | - | Another severe thunderstorm developed along the outflow boundary of the above storm over extreme south-central Laramie County. This storm produced a path of dime-size hail two miles wide and four miles long which wiped out crops in its path. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Carpenter | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Carpenter | - | 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 Carpenter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4407098 | 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 1586382. 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.




