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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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Green River within Sweetwater County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Green 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.

YearPeople Change
201012,515
202011,825-690 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

70 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined29
Fireworks10
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2020Railroad operations and maintenance50 acresSweetwater CountyMM76
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeRAILROAD
19 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSweetwater CountyMCKINNON FIRE
14 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRock Springs Field OfficeDUALLY
11 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.6 acresRock Springs Field OfficeSNOW FENCE
11 September 2009Fireworks2.5 acresRock Springs Field OfficeCEMETERY
4 August 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSweetwater CountyMM1 HARBORLITE
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountyMM67

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Diamond Alkali Co., Butler Well No. 1SodiumProspectTrona
State Highway DeptSilicaProducer
Western Alkali Company wellsSodium CarbonatePast ProducerTrona
Acme PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Green River Pit & Plant LayosSand 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sweetwater County

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007Flash FloodGreen River$250,000no account filed
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGreen River$3,000Several 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 2024Thunderstorm WindGreen River-The wind sensor along Interstate 80 in Green River reported wind gusts to 59 mph.
June 2016HailGreen 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 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
June 2004HailGreen River-no account filed
July 2003HailGreen River-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGreen River-no account filed
September 1999Funnel CloudGreen River-no account filed
June 1998HailGreen River-no account filed

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
Riovista3.0 miles9
James Town3.2 miles9
Kanda6.7 miles8
Purple Sage7.7 miles8
Clearview Acres10.7 miles8
Bryan11.8 miles9
Blairtown12.9 miles13
Quealy12.9 miles13

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 RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q983538The 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.