East Thermopolis, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thermopolis East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82443. It stands on Warm Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thermopolis quadrangle. 229 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,341 feet above sea level.
On record in East Thermopolis
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 within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Alex Halone Houselisted 1994 · 0.4 miles away
535 Broadwaylisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away- Callaghan Apartmentslisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
- US Post Office-Thermopolis Mainlisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
- Malta Lodge No. 17 AF&AMlisted 2021 · 0.6 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresEast Thermopolis fell from 254 to 229 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 | 254 | |
| 2020 | 229 | -25 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of East Thermopolis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 32 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | SAGE VALLEY |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | TOWER |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | WILLOW DRW |
| 11 September 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Hotsprings County | FISH |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | BUFFALO CR |
| 8 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River / Bighorn Basin District | COYOTE 2 |
| 8 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River / Bighorn Basin District | COYOTE 1 |
| 8 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River / Bighorn Basin District | SAGE VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of East Thermopolis: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Bentonite, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brutch Sulphur Deposit | Sulfur | Producer | Sulfur | |
| Lucerne Mine | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| N-Vam Mine and Mile | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Andreen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shafer | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Talovich | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Thermopolis in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Hail | East Thermopolis | $20,000 | Two inch diameter hail fell in the Wind River Canyon knocking out windows in vehicles traveling State Highway 789. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | East Thermopolis | - | Several trained spotters reported a funnel cloud to the east-southeast of Thermopolis over the Owl Creek Range. |
| July 2009 | Hail | East Thermopolis | - | Quarter sized hail fell at a ranch near Buffalo Creek Road in eastern Hot Springs 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thermopolis | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Red Lane | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Minnesela | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lucerne | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Nickelson Place | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Kirby | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Owl Creek | 21.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hamilton Dome | 21.8 miles | 12 |
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 East Thermopolis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1029900 | 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 1597608. 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.




