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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1913 USGS Grass Creek Basin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Grass Creek Basin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Grass Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Worland Field Office | GOOSEBERRY |
| 25 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2009 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Worland Field Office | HATCH |
| 21 August 1994 | Natural | 242 acres | Worland Field Office | SPG.GULCH |
| 15 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Hotsprings County | DION |
| 12 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | LUCKY RAB |
| 11 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Worland Field Office | BUMBLE BEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grass Creek Deposit, southern segment | Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium, Iron | Unknown | Magnetite, Ilmenite, Anatase, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon | |
| Grass Creek Deposits, northern segment | Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium, Iron | Unknown | Magnetite, Ilmenite, Anatase, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon | |
| Anomaly 5 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Grass Creek Basin | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grass Creek | - | The Grass Creek RAWS site had a wind gust of 66 mph. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | A picture of ping pong ball size hail at the Gooseberry Creek Rest Area was posted to Facebook. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Grass Creek | - | Flash flooding occurred with washouts on BLM road 1304 off of State Route 120 to the south of Meeteetse, Wyoming. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | A video showing nickel size hail was posted on Facebook along WY 431 near the Hot Springs / Washakie County line. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | A trained spotter reported south-southeast of Meeteetse. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | Trained spotters reported quarter to golf ball sized hail just east of State Highway 120 near the Gooseberry Creek Rest Stop. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Grass 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 2011 | Hail | Grass 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grass 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 2009 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | Nickel sized hail fell at a ranch west of Grass Creek Oil Field. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Grass Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owl Creek | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hamilton Dome | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| Embar | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Kirby | 26.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lucerne | 28.7 miles | 8 | |
| Red Lane | 29.6 miles | 8 | |
| Thermopolis | 30.8 miles | 8 | |
| East Thermopolis | 31.3 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 Grass Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714726 | 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 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.






