Cokeville, Wyoming
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kemmerer West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83114. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cokeville quadrangle. 502 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,194 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCokeville fell from 535 to 502 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 | 535 | |
| 2020 | 502 | -33 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1936 USGS Cokeville quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Cokeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cokeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fontenelle Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Cokeville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,888 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Lincoln County | SHEEP TRAIL |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | 16 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | LOST CREEK |
| 30 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | BIG HILL |
| 15 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2006 | Natural | 1,120 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | SHEEP TRAIL |
| 10 August 2015 | Natural | 15 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | SHEEP TRAIL |
| 5 July 2019 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Lincoln County | LEGION PARK FIRE |
| 24 July 2000 | Natural | 500 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | SPRING CK |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cokeville: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Point (Stauffer Chemical Co., Cokeville) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cokeville in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokeville | $500 | Large tree toppled in Cokeville. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Cokeville | - | A combination of rainfall and warm temperatures caused rapid snow melt that brought flooding to some areas around Cokeville. The flooding was restricted to low lying agricultural land and caused no damage. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokeville | - | Wind gusts from a thunderstorm estimated at 60 to 70 mph hit the Cokeville area of western Lincoln County on the afternoon of the 5th. Extensive damage to trees and residences occurred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border Junction | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Carlson | 15.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sage | 18.6 miles | 10 | |
| Leefe | 19.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fossil | 22.1 miles | 10 | |
| Frontier | 28.9 miles | 10 | |
| Willow Addition | 29.6 miles | 10 | |
| Kemmerer | 29.8 miles | 10 |
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 Cokeville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028465 | 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 1609079. 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.






