Glenrock, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glenrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82637. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenrock quadrangle. 2,420 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,020 feet above sea level.
On record in Glenrock
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
Commerce Blocklisted 2005
Hotel Higginslisted 1983- Huxtable Ranch Headquarters Districtlisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresGlenrock fell from 2,576 to 2,420 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 | 2,576 | |
| 2020 | 2,420 | -156 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Glenrock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Glenrock quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Glenrock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,465 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Converse County | MAGEE |
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Converse County | RUSTY ROAD FIRE |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Casper Field Office | MM 160 |
| 5 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Converse County | MM157.5 |
| 30 August 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3,030 acres | Casper Field Office | BIXBY |
| 3 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Converse County | MILLER ROAD |
| 28 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Converse County | MM10 HWY 95 #2 |
| 25 August 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Converse County | SILVER SPRUCE/BOXELDER RD |
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 Glenrock: 7 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Titanium, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenrock No. 2 | Titanium, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Open Pit Sections 28 and 33 | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Abbott Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brubaker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Forbis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Irvine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thatcher and Sons Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valentine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenrock in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 17 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Hail | Glenrock | $2,000 | A few golfball size hailstones accompanied a large amount of pea size stones. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Glenrock | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenrock | - | Multiple WYDOT observations near the Converse/Natrona County line recorded thunderstorm wind gusts 55-65 MPH. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenrock | - | WYDOT mesonet station Deer Creek (KDRC) along Interstate 25 measured maximum wind gust. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Glenrock | - | From Glenrock Police Department. Hail ranged from quarters to half dollar size. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Glenrock | - | Twitter picture with a lot of hail stones. Largest were quarter size. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenrock | - | WYDOT mesonet station KDRC - Deer Creek along I-25 reported wind gust. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Glenrock | - | Ping pong ball size hail was observed south of Glenrock. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Glenrock | - | Hail was reported along Interstate 25 at mile marker 169 near Glenrock. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Glenrock | - | Quarter size hail was observed a mile southwest of Glenrock. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenrock | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported at Glenrock. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenrock | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported at Glenrock. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Glenrock | - | Golf ball size hail was observed five miles west-southwest of Glenrock. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenrock | - | Wind gusts of 60 mph were observed at Glenrock. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Glenrock | - | A severe thunderstorm produced hail from 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter in the vicinity of Glenrock, Wyoming. |
| September 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Glenrock | - | 2 Tornadoes reported by officer 5 miles northwest of Rolling Hills, WY |
| June 1999 | Hail | Glenrock | - | 1 inch hail reported 20 miles northeast of Glenrock, WY |
| May 2007 | Hail | Glenrock | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Glenrock | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Glenrock | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Glenrock | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Glenrock | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Glenrock | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Glenrock | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Parkerton | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clayton | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Boxelder | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Birkner Hill | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Orpha | 19.5 miles | 9 | |
| Buck Place | 19.9 miles | 10 | |
| Whipple Hollow | 21.8 miles | 8 |
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 Glenrock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028734 | 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 1609095. 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.




