Green River, Wyoming
10 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 82935. It lies near Telephone Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Green River quadrangle. 11,825 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,115 feet above sea level.
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On record in Green River
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 6 records
Expedition IslandNational Historic Landmark · listed 1968
130 E Flaming Gorge Waylisted 2009
ETR Big Island Bridgelisted 1985
Sweetwater Brewerylisted 1982
US Post Office-Green Riverlisted 1997- Morris Houselisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresGreen River fell from 12,515 to 11,825 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 | 12,515 | |
| 2020 | 11,825 | -690 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Green River quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Green River between 1995 and 2020, burning about 493 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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 | 29 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Sweetwater County | MM76 |
| 28 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | RAILROAD |
| 19 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Sweetwater County | MCKINNON FIRE |
| 14 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | DUALLY |
| 11 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.6 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | SNOW FENCE |
| 11 September 2009 | Fireworks | 2.5 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | CEMETERY |
| 4 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Sweetwater County | MM1 HARBORLITE |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | MM67 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Green River: 6 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sodium, Sodium Carbonate, 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., Butler Well No. 1 | Sodium | Prospect | Trona | |
| State Highway Dept | Silica | Producer | ||
| Western Alkali Company wells | Sodium Carbonate | Past Producer | Trona | |
| Acme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Green River Pit & Plant Layos | 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 | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green River in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Green River | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | $3,000 | Several power poles were reported down west-northwest of Green River toward State Highway 372. The wind gusts were associated with weak convection and not a thunderstorm. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | The wind sensor along Interstate 80 in Green River reported wind gusts to 59 mph. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Green River | - | There were numerous reports of one inch diameter hail across Green River and Rock Springs. Trees were stripped of leaves and the hail accumulated on the ground to a depth of a couple of inches. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Green River | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Green River | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Green River | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Green River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riovista | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| James Town | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kanda | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Purple Sage | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Clearview Acres | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bryan | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Blairtown | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Quealy | 12.9 miles | 13 |
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 Green River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983538 | 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 1589126. 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.




