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Glendo, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glendo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82213. It lies near Whiskey Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Glendo quadrangle. 237 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,724 feet above sea level.

Glendo within Platte County

Population over time

2 figures

Glendo grew from 205 to 237 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
2010205
2020237+32 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Glendo between 1996 and 2018, burning about 491 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined13
Natural4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresCasper Field OfficePARK
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresCasper Field OfficeELKHORN
15 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlatte CountyMM 97
17 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
11 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use150 acresPlatte CountyRIDGE ROAD
11 August 2001Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandSOMEWHERE
11 August 2001Natural82 acresCasper Field OfficeLONGWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Glendo: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Uranium. 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
Ace #1 ClaimUraniumProspect
Cassa AreaSilicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendo in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 27 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
August 1997HailGlendo$10,000Nickel size hail at Glendo marina.
August 1996HailGlendo$10,000no account filed
August 1996HailGlendo$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGlendo-Observer reported nickel sized hail and wind gusts of 60 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGlendo-Wind gust of 63 mph reported on WYDOT weather sensor at Platte/Converse County line.
July 2023HailGlendo-Half dollar sized hail reported at Orin Junction.
June 2023HailGlendo-Spotter reports golf ball sized hail falling for long duration.
September 2023HailGlendo-Nickel to quarter sized hail reported covering Interstate 25 near the Platte and Converse County line. A nearby WYDOT sensor reported zero visibility with heavy rain and wind gusts to 51 mph.
July 2018Tornado (EFU)Glendo-Tornado reported southwest of Glendo with motion to the southeast. Tornado passed through open fields with no apparent damage reported so rating left as unknown.
May 2018Tornado (EFU)Glendo-Tornado reported nine miles south of Glendo moving northeast through northern Platte County. Mainly open prairie grasslands made it impossible to determine a full path and any EF rating other than unknown.
July 2018HailGlendo-Ping pong ball size hail was observed east of Glendo.
June 2016HailGlendo-Half dollar size hail was reported seven miles northeast of Glendo.
June 2015HailGlendo-Golf ball size hail was observed at Glendo.
June 2015HailGlendo-Half dollar size hail was observed 12 miles south-southwest of Glendo.
July 2010HailGlendo-Ground white with hail.
August 2006HailGlendo-3/4 to 1 inch diameter hail piled up to 4 inches deep.
July 2000HailGlendo-Hail stripped leaves and covered the ground.
June 1999HailGlendo-Nickel size hail reported 5 miles southeast of Glendo, WY
June 1999HailGlendo-3/4 inch hail fell 25 miles west of Glendo, WY
June 1999HailGlendo-1 inch hail reported at Glendo State Park
July 1997LightningGlendo-Fire burned 50 acres of timber on a ranch south of Horseshoe Creek and west of I-25; same fire started up again 7/26 and burned additional 150 acres of timber before containment.
July 2023HailGlendo-no account filed
August 2019HailGlendo-no account filed
September 2019HailGlendo-no account filed
September 2019HailGlendo-no account filed
May 2007HailGlendo-no account filed
May 2004HailGlendo-no account filed
May 2004HailGlendo-no account filed
June 2002HailGlendo-no account filed
May 2000HailGlendo-no account filed
June 1999HailGlendo-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindGlendo-no account filed
July 1996HailGlendo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Platte 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
Cassa7.2 miles15
Wendover14.5 miles15
El Rancho16.2 miles11
Meadowdale17.9 miles7
Dwyer18.4 miles14
Dwyer Junction18.6 miles14
Hartville20.0 miles15
Sunrise20.7 miles15

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 GlendoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1015969The 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 1588932. 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.