Fort Washakie, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1962. It stands in the Wind River Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82514. It stands on South Fork Little Wind River. The Survey maps it on the Fort Washakie quadrangle. 1,650 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,571 feet above sea level.
On record in Fort Washakie
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 3 records
Fort Washakie Historic Districtlisted 1969
Shoshone-Episcopal Missionlisted 1973- Chief Washakie Hot Springs Sitelisted 2025
Population over time
2 figuresFort Washakie fell from 1,759 to 1,650 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 | 1,759 | |
| 2020 | 1,650 | -109 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1951 USGS Fort Washakie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
423 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 423 fires within 5 miles of Fort Washakie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,833 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 212 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Fireworks | 46 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wind River Agency | CONEHEAD |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wind River Agency | 102 NORTH FORK |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wind River Agency | 48 SHIPTON LANE |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wind River Agency | GROVE |
| 5 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Wind River Agency | SAND PIT FIRE |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Wind River Agency | SAGE CREEK |
| 5 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wind River Agency | MULTIFIRES |
| 3 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wind River Agency | LITTLEWIND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fort Washakie: 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Washakie Hot Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Wind River Indian Reservation No.1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Ethete # 1 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Ethete #2 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Sage Creek #1 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Sage Creek #2 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Sage Creek #3 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Sage Creek Anticline | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| Wind River Mtn Front #6 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ethete | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Boulder Flats | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Milford | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Johnstown | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lander | 14.4 miles | 12 | |
| Morton | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Wyopo | 14.6 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 Fort Washakie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1955723 | 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 1609092. 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.



