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Grass Creek, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thermopolis West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82443. The Survey maps it on the Grass Creek quadrangle. It stands 5,587 feet above sea level.

Grass Creek within Hot Springs County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Grass Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 346 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1

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
26 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresWorland Field OfficeGOOSEBERRY
25 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
22 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
22 August 2009Natural1.5 acresWorland Field OfficeHATCH
21 August 1994Natural242 acresWorland Field OfficeSPG.GULCH
15 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresHotsprings CountyDION
12 August 2003Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeLUCKY RAB
11 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresWorland Field OfficeBUMBLE BEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Springs County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Grass Creek: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium, Iron. 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
Brown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grass Creek Deposit, southern segmentTitanium, Zirconium, Thorium, IronUnknownMagnetite, Ilmenite, Anatase, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Grass Creek Deposits, northern segmentTitanium, Zirconium, Thorium, IronUnknownMagnetite, Ilmenite, Anatase, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Anomaly 5UraniumOccurrence
Grass Creek BasinUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hot Springs County

Storms near this place

14 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grass Creek in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGrass Creek-The Grass Creek RAWS site had a wind gust of 66 mph.
June 2023HailGrass Creek-A picture of ping pong ball size hail at the Gooseberry Creek Rest Area was posted to Facebook.
July 2019Flash FloodGrass Creek-Flash flooding occurred with washouts on BLM road 1304 off of State Route 120 to the south of Meeteetse, Wyoming.
June 2018HailGrass Creek-A video showing nickel size hail was posted on Facebook along WY 431 near the Hot Springs / Washakie County line.
June 2018HailGrass Creek-A trained spotter reported south-southeast of Meeteetse.
July 2015HailGrass Creek-Trained spotters reported quarter to golf ball sized hail just east of State Highway 120 near the Gooseberry Creek Rest Stop.
June 2015HailGrass Creek-The Hot Springs County Emergency Manager reported nickel sized hail along State Highway 431 just east of State Highway 120 toward Gooseberry Creek.
July 2011HailGrass Creek-A strong thunderstorm moved across the southern Absaroka mountains producing quarter sized hail at a residence in the Grass Creek drainage south of Meeteetse.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGrass Creek-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph broke several three inch diameter limbs from Cottonwood trees at a ranch along Gooseberry Creek. Also, dime sized hail accumulated to a depth of two to three inches at the ranch.
June 2009HailGrass Creek-Nickel sized hail fell at a ranch west of Grass Creek Oil Field.
July 2004HailGrass Creek-no account filed
July 2002HailGrass Creek-no account filed
July 2002HailGrass Creek-no account filed
July 2002HailGrass Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hot Springs 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
Owl Creek11.8 miles12
Hamilton Dome12.1 miles12
Embar15.7 miles7
Kirby26.5 miles10
Lucerne28.7 miles8
Red Lane29.6 miles8
Thermopolis30.8 miles8
East Thermopolis31.3 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 Grass CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714726The 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 1802958. 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.