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Granger, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Green River North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82934. It stands on Hams Fork. The Survey maps it on the Granger quadrangle. 98 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,273 feet above sea level.

Granger within Sweetwater County

On record in Granger

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Granger fell from 139 to 98 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
2010139
202098-41 (-29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Granger between 2005 and 2020, burning about 18 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeRAIL
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeROCKY CROSSING
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountyRAVEN
5 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeMGR
18 August 2005Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeMAHOGANY
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.3 acresRock Springs Field OfficeGRANGER
26 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSweetwater CountyCORRAL FIRE
26 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeWESTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Granger: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sodium, Silica. 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
Diamond Alkali Co., No. 1SodiumProspectTrona
State Highway DeptSilicaProducer
DeBernardi Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GrangerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Granger GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway Department Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sweetwater County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granger in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 flood, 2 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
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Granger-Video from the public showed a narrow rope-shaped tornado northeast of Granger. The tornado touched down over open country, and caused no known damage. A rating of EFU was assigned because the brief tornado traversed land lacking damage indicators such as trees structures.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Granger-A tornado near Granger was well photographed by the general public and reported on local media. The tornado remained over open country and caused no damage.
March 2017FloodGranger-The emergency manager reported flooding along the Blacks Fork River near Granger and Little American. A mobile home park along the river was evacuated for 2 days but little or no damage was reported.
May 2011FloodGranger-A Memorial Day winter-like storm system brought rain and snow to much of western Wyoming. Runoff from this precipitation event boosted already high water levels on the Blacks Fork River above flood stage. Lowland flooding was reported in the vicinity of Granger and Little America, but no damage to public or private infrastructure occurred. The flooding was most widespread near the confluence of the Hams Fork and Blacks Fork rivers. Sandbagging did take place at the Granger sewer lift pumps and a ranch caretaker's home near the town.
June 2011FloodGranger-Water levels on the Blacks Fork River retreated below flood stage as snowmelt run-off and rainfall from the previous weekend progressed downstream. Other than lowland flooding, there was no impact to public or private property.

Every storm recorded in Sweetwater 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
Granger Junction4.4 miles8
Little America6.8 miles8
Bryan15.3 miles9
James Town24.1 miles9
Riovista24.3 miles9
Green River27.0 miles10
Kanda33.4 miles8
Purple Sage34.3 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 GrangerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1028761The 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 1589030. 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.