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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.

Glenrock within Converse County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Glenrock 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,576
20202,420-156 (-6%)

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

23 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresConverse CountyMAGEE
20 September 2019Naturalunder an acreConverse CountyRUSTY ROAD FIRE
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCasper Field OfficeMM 160
5 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresConverse CountyMM157.5
30 August 2005Railroad operations and maintenance3,030 acresCasper Field OfficeBIXBY
3 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreConverse CountyMILLER ROAD
28 August 2020Naturalunder an acreConverse CountyMM10 HWY 95 #2
25 August 2019Natural2.0 acresConverse CountySILVER SPRUCE/BOXELDER RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Converse County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Glenrock No. 2Titanium, CoalPast Producer
Open Pit Sections 28 and 33UraniumProducer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
Abbott Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brubaker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forbis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irvine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thatcher and Sons IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valentine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Converse County

Storms near this place

24 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997HailGlenrock$2,000A few golfball size hailstones accompanied a large amount of pea size stones.
August 1997HailGlenrock$2,000no account filed
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGlenrock-Multiple WYDOT observations near the Converse/Natrona County line recorded thunderstorm wind gusts 55-65 MPH.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGlenrock-WYDOT mesonet station Deer Creek (KDRC) along Interstate 25 measured maximum wind gust.
July 2023HailGlenrock-From Glenrock Police Department. Hail ranged from quarters to half dollar size.
July 2023HailGlenrock-Twitter picture with a lot of hail stones. Largest were quarter size.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGlenrock-WYDOT mesonet station KDRC - Deer Creek along I-25 reported wind gust.
June 2018HailGlenrock-Ping pong ball size hail was observed south of Glenrock.
July 2018HailGlenrock-Hail was reported along Interstate 25 at mile marker 169 near Glenrock.
June 2017HailGlenrock-Quarter size hail was observed a mile southwest of Glenrock.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGlenrock-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported at Glenrock.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGlenrock-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported at Glenrock.
July 2015HailGlenrock-Golf ball size hail was observed five miles west-southwest of Glenrock.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGlenrock-Wind gusts of 60 mph were observed at Glenrock.
May 2008HailGlenrock-A severe thunderstorm produced hail from 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter in the vicinity of Glenrock, Wyoming.
September 1999Tornado (F0)Glenrock-2 Tornadoes reported by officer 5 miles northwest of Rolling Hills, WY
June 1999HailGlenrock-1 inch hail reported 20 miles northeast of Glenrock, WY
May 2007HailGlenrock-no account filed
July 2006HailGlenrock-no account filed
August 2005HailGlenrock-no account filed
May 2004HailGlenrock-no account filed
June 2001HailGlenrock-no account filed
July 2001HailGlenrock-no account filed
May 1999HailGlenrock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Converse 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
Rolling Hills3.2 miles9
Parkerton5.4 miles9
Clayton6.4 miles9
Boxelder17.1 miles9
Birkner Hill19.3 miles8
Orpha19.5 miles9
Buck Place19.9 miles10
Whipple Hollow21.8 miles8

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 GlenrockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1028734The 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.