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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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Cody within Park County

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

Every listing in Park County

Population over time

2 figures

Cody 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,520
202010,028+508 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

261 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined108
Recreation and ceremony41
Debris and open burning33
Fireworks24
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Natural11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2

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 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State ForestryWILSON
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeTRAIL CR
6 September 2006Recreation and ceremony26 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
3 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.8 acresWorland Field OfficeNEWTON
29 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresPark County6 SCHNEIDER RD
26 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State ForestryBLESSING
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryWILSON

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cody DepositsSulfurPast Producer
Shoshone CanyonDolomiteUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownCalcium, Copper, SulfurUnknown
UnknownSodium SulfateOccurrence
Unknown (Holmes Lake)Sodium SulfateOccurrenceMirabilite
Spirit Mountain Uranium CompanyUraniumUnknown
Spirit MountainsUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this place

31 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000LightningCody5 hurtno account filed
July 1998HailCody$35,000no account filed
May 2015Flash FloodCody$10,000A 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 2022Thunderstorm WindCody$2,000Strong 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 2025Thunderstorm WindCody-Wind gust to 66 mph on the mesonet station PC261 Cedar Mountain near Cody, WY.
May 2018HailCody-A television station forwarded a report of quarter size hail to the east of Cody.
June 2014HailCody-The public reported nickel sized hail on the west side of Cody.
May 2013HailCody-Nickel sized hail was reported by a CoCoRaHs observer on the west side of Cody.
July 2011HailCody-Hail to the size of quarters was observed in and near Cody.
July 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
August 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
August 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
September 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
September 2003WildfireCody-no account filed
August 2002HailCody-no account filed
August 2002HailCody-no account filed
May 2001HailCody-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
June 2001Heavy RainCody-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodCody-no account filed
May 2000FloodCody-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
June 2000HailCody-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
July 1998HailCody-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodCody-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCody-no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodCody-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Park 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
Vocation11.2 miles7
Kamms Corner15.2 miles7
Dry Creek16.0 miles9
Ralston16.6 miles7
Lone Tree Crossing19.4 miles7
Willwood19.6 miles7
Wapiti20.6 miles12
Powell22.3 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 CodyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q916603The 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.