Frannie, Wyoming
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Big Horn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82423. The Survey maps it on the Frannie quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,216 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFrannie fell from 157 to 145 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 | 157 | |
| 2020 | 145 | -12 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Cody quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Frannie quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Powell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Frannie between 2002 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BENT SPRINGS |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Billings Field Office | BEAR CANYON RD 3 |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Billings Field Office | BEAR CANYON RD 2 |
| 24 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Billings Field Office | BEAR CANYON RD 1 |
| 5 May 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Bighorn County | 26 |
| 5 May 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Billings Field Office | SOUTH SAGE |
| 24 May 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | LOST |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bighorn County | R.R. FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Frannie: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Gulch | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Gov'T Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frannie in 2 storm reports in 2018: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018 | Hail | Frannie | - | A severe thunderstorm crossed the border from Montana and brought up to golf ball size hail across much of northern Big Horn County. Lovell was the hardest hit community where there was widespread damage. One official estimated that over 60 percent of the homes had damage, mainly from damaged siding and broken windows from the hail bring driven by winds over 70 mph. Large hail was also occurred in Frannie and Cowley. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frannie | - | A severe thunderstorm brought high winds through much of northern Big Horn County. The strongest wind gust recorded was 79 mph at the Greybull Airport. Other notable gusts included 62 mph at Cowley and 59 mph at Frannie and Lovell. The strong wind combined with golf ball size hail to produce widespread damage across the city of Lovell. |
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.
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 Frannie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028462 | 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 1588719. 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.




