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Evanston, Wyoming

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Evanston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82930. It lies near Hamblin Park. The Survey maps it on the Evanston quadrangle. 11,747 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,749 feet above sea level.

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Evanston within Uinta County

On record in Evanston

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Evanston fell from 12,359 to 11,747 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
201012,359
202011,747-612 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Evanston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,266 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta CountyI80 M.P. 21 EAST B.
25 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUinta CountyWYOMING DOWNS GRASS FIRE
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKemmerer Field OfficeOVERTHRUST
9 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUinta CountyTWO DEAD BIRDS
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUinta County7TH STREET FIRE
8 August 2011Fireworks1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uinta County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Evanston: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Uinta County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evanston in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1994Thunderstorm WindEvanston$50,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph struck Evanston late on the 4th. Several trees were blown down and a large branch was blown onto a bathroom at the Bear River State Park causing $10,000 damage.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindEvanston$250A school crossing sign was blown off of a pole.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindEvanston-A strong thunderstorm brought multiple severe gusts measured by the Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS. The first severe gust, which occurred at 1455, was measured at 59mph. This was then followed by a gust to 64mph at 1457, followed by the third and final severe gust to 64mph at 1502 as multiple storms tracked over Evanston, WY.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS (KEVW) station recorded a period of wind gusts to 70 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEvanston-A wind gust of 61 mph was measured by the WY7 mesonet station in Evanston.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEvanston-A wind gust of 58 mph was measured by the Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEvanston-A wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at the Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS recorded wind gusts of 60 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS recorded a wind gust of 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS recorded a period of wind gusts up to 73 mph between 5:58 pm and 7:09 pm MST. The gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Interstate 80/U.S. Highway 189 Evanston of Entry automated weather station recorded gusts of 60 and 58 mph.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field automated weather station record a peak wind gust of 71 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2017HailEvanston-Nickel-sized hail was reported along Interstate 80 near the Utah/Wyoming border.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEvanston-A peak wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at the Evanston, Wyoming ASOS.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Evanston, Wyoming ASOS recorded a wind gust to 58 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEvanston-The Evanston ASOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 58 mph.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEvanston-A wind gust of 54 knots was recorded at the Evanston, Wyoming ASOS.
August 2003HailEvanston-Large hail fell on a swath from east of Evanston to Mountain View. The hail covered the ground, with the largest hailstone reported at 0.88 inches.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindEvanston-A large severe thunderstorm complex formed over east-central Utah during the morning hours of the 31st and developed a remarkable bow echo as it moved across central and northern Utah. This same system held together as it entered southwest Wyoming and produced wind gusts in excess of 60 mph downing a large tree in Evanston.

Every storm recorded in Uinta 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
Almy4.9 miles9
Bear River8.7 miles9
Three Forks9.0 miles9
Beartown9.8 miles8
Altamont10.6 miles8
Aspen12.0 miles8
Hilliard12.1 miles8
Byrnes Crossing17.2 miles9

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 EvanstonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q871241The 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 1588345. 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.