Cody, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cody census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82414. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cody quadrangle. 10,028 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,997 feet above sea level.
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On record in Cody
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 12 of 17 shown
Absaroka Mountain Lodgelisted 2003
Buffalo Bill Boyhood Homelisted 1975
Buffalo Bill Damlisted 1971
Buffalo Bill Statuelisted 1974
Colter's Helllisted 1973
Downtown Cody Historic Districtlisted 1983
Hayden Arch Bridgelisted 1985
Irma Hotellisted 1973
Pahaska Tepeelisted 1973
Stock Centerlisted 1976
Paul Stock Houselisted 2000- Quintin Blair Houselisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresCody grew from 9,520 to 10,028 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 | 9,520 | |
| 2020 | 10,028 | +508 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Cody quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Cody quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Cody quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Cody quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
261 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Cody between 1992 and 2020, burning about 586 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 108 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Fireworks | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | WILSON |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | TRAIL CR |
| 6 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 26 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Worland Field Office | NEWTON |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Park County | 6 SCHNEIDER RD |
| 26 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | BLESSING |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | WILSON |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Cody: 8 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 5 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Sodium Sulfate. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Deposits | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Shoshone Canyon | Dolomite | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Calcium, Copper, Sulfur | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sodium Sulfate | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown (Holmes Lake) | Sodium Sulfate | Occurrence | Mirabilite | |
| Spirit Mountain Uranium Company | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Spirit Mountains | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cody in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 wildfire, 4 flash flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Lightning | Cody | 5 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Cody | $35,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Cody | $10,000 | A thunderstorm rapidly developed to the south of Cody and tracked north over the city producing heavy rain and copious amounts of small hail. Hail drifts were measured in feet in some areas with a few low spots accumulating close to six feet of hail. The hail prevented the heavy rain from draining easily and water accumulated on area roads. Several business owners in downtown Cody reported minor flooding as the water piled up in the streets, especially along Sheridan Avenue. A bakery had water on the floors and in the basement and a gift shop flooded. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees onto power lines that caused power outages to 400 customers. A maximum wind gust of 68 mph was reported at the Powell airport. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | - | Wind gust to 66 mph on the mesonet station PC261 Cedar Mountain near Cody, WY. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Cody | - | A television station forwarded a report of quarter size hail to the east of Cody. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Cody | - | The public reported nickel sized hail on the west side of Cody. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Cody | - | Nickel sized hail was reported by a CoCoRaHs observer on the west side of Cody. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Cody | - | Hail to the size of quarters was observed in and near Cody. |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Cody | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Cody | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Cody | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Wildfire | Cody | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Wildfire | Cody | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Cody | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Cody | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Cody | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Heavy Rain | Cody | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Cody | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Flood | Cody | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Cody | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Cody | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Cody | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cody | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Cody | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vocation | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Kamms Corner | 15.2 miles | 7 | |
| Dry Creek | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ralston | 16.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lone Tree Crossing | 19.4 miles | 7 | |
| Willwood | 19.6 miles | 7 | |
| Wapiti | 20.6 miles | 12 | |
| Powell | 22.3 miles | 7 |
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 Cody | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q916603 | 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 1586861. 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.






