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.
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
Granger Stationlisted 1970
Population over time
2 figuresGranger 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 139 | |
| 2020 | 98 | -41 (-29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Granger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | RAIL |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | ROCKY CROSSING |
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | RAVEN |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | MGR |
| 18 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | MAHOGANY |
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.3 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | GRANGER |
| 26 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Sweetwater County | CORRAL FIRE |
| 26 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | WESTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Alkali Co., No. 1 | Sodium | Prospect | Trona | |
| State Highway Dept | Silica | Producer | ||
| DeBernardi Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granger | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Granger Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Department Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Tornado (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 2018 | Tornado (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 2017 | Flood | Granger | - | 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 2011 | Flood | Granger | - | 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 2011 | Flood | Granger | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granger Junction | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Little America | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bryan | 15.3 miles | 9 | |
| James Town | 24.1 miles | 9 | |
| Riovista | 24.3 miles | 9 | |
| Green River | 27.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kanda | 33.4 miles | 8 | |
| Purple Sage | 34.3 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 Granger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028761 | 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 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.




