Daniel, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Pinedale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83115. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Daniel quadrangle. 108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,195 feet above sea level.
On record in Daniel
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 4 records
Upper Green River Rendezvous SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Daniel Schoollisted 1990
ENP Bridge over Green Riverlisted 1985
Father DeSmet's Prairie Mass Sitelisted 1970
Population over time
3 figuresDaniel grew from 89 to 108 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 89 | |
| 2010 | 150 | +61 (+69%) |
| 2020 | 108 | -42 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Daniel quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Afton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Daniel between 1993 and 2018, burning about 21 acres in total. 2 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | DANIEL |
| 13 August 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 1.6 acres | Pinedale Field Office | TRACER |
| 24 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pinedale Field Office | MILE MARKER 112 |
| 29 June 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Sublette County | HORSE CREEK |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Sublette County | KAUL |
| 20 October 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Sublette County | GRANDVIEW GRINDER |
| 1 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Daniel: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| James Ranch | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Wye Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daniel in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flood | Daniel | $50,000 | Horse Creek and other small tributaries of the Green River near Daniel overflowed their banks quickly flooding lowlands and nearly impacting several roads. The flood waters caused several homes north and east of Daniel to be sandbagged around their perimeter. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daniel | - | A 59 mph wind gust occurred in the Lee of the Absarokas at the Cottonwood Merna mesonet site. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daniel | - | A maximum 71 mph wind gust was reported at the Cottonwood Merna weather station to the west of Daniel. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daniel | - | A 65 mph wind gust was reported to the west of Daniel. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daniel | - | A 59 mph wind gust occurred at the Cottonwood Merna mesonet site to the west of Daniel. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daniel | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Daniel | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Daniel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Junction | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cora | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bronx | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pinedale | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Halfway | 14.7 miles | 10 | |
| Merna | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sylvan Bay Summer Home Area | 16.4 miles | 11 | |
| Boulder | 20.4 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 Daniel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1159854 | 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 1587343. 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.






