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Greybull, Wyoming

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Central Big Horn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82426. It lies near Tin Can Alley. The Survey maps it on the Greybull South quadrangle. 1,651 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,789 feet above sea level.

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Greybull within Big Horn County

On record in Greybull

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Greybull fell from 1,847 to 1,651 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
20101,847
20201,651-196 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Greybull between 1993 and 2020, burning about 337 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 August 2012Natural1.0 acresWorland Field OfficeGREYBULL
10 August 2020Natural5.0 acresBighorn CountyGUN RANGE
5 July 2000Fireworksunder an acreWorland Field OfficeNEWTON
3 July 2017Fireworks1.0 acresBighorn CountyBASIN GARDEN #2
1 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
6 June 2012Debris and open burning12 acresCody Field OfficeDITCH CREEK
26 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
26 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenance124 acresWorland Field OfficeBRAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Greybull: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Big Horn Redi-Mix, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dresser Industry Inc MillClayProducer
Robertson Claim-No.1UraniumProspect
Sheep Mountain Anticline #1Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Beaver Hill MinesBentoniteProducer
Beaver Hill MinesBentoniteProducer
Dresser Bentonite MineBentoniteProducer

Every working recorded in Big Horn County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greybull in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 4 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2009HailGreybull1 hurt, $75,000Hailstones of golf ball size were numerous at a residence in Greybull. Some stones reached two inches in diameter.
June 2011FloodGreybull$300,000Shell Creek and its tributaries caused flooding in and around the community of Shell. The flooding was a result of continued snowmelt in the western Bighorn Mountains as the warmest temperatures of the season were attained. Damage was reported on the Kedesh Guest Ranch and a county road along Trappers Creek.
March 2014FloodGreybull$250,000Flooding of the Spence Oil Field and other areas north of Greybull occurred along the Big Horn River. Three homes outside the Greybull levee system had minor flooding.
June 2011FloodGreybull$150,000Flooding occurred on Shell, Horse, and Trapper creeks as snowmelt runoff increased. Lowland near the creeks and at least one guest ranch were impacted by the rising waters. No bridges were damaged by the high waters but several area roads were inundated and damaged.
June 2008Flash FloodGreybull$25,000A thunderstorm moving east along Dry Creek toward Greybull produced one to two inches of rain in Greybull in less than one hour. The town emergency manager reported a few rain gages in town measured slightly more than two inches of rain in 50 minutes. Pea sized hail of one inch in depth also occurred with the heavy rain. The Greybull storm drainage system was unable to keep up with the deluge of water and hail, flooding many prone areas around town. The heavy rain flooded portions of the Greybull River Road and several basements in town sustained damage.
June 2015FloodGreybull$5,000Minor flooding of the Greybull River occurred just south of Greybull near State Highway 789. The flooding occurred at the confluence of the Greybull River and the rain-swollen Big Horn River. Heavy rain of the previous week had filled the Big Horn River and the snowmelt run-off in the Greybull River began to back-up near the confluence. A small levee was reported to have collapsed upstream of the confluence causing further problems. Sandbags were deployed to prevent damage. Most of the flooding was confined to low-lying areas and little damage was reported.
August 2009HailGreybull$2,000Hail estimated at two inches in diameter dented the hood of a traveling vehicle. Most of the stones were the size of a half dollar coin.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGreybull$1,500Thunderstorm wind gusts downed one large tree which blocked a road near the Greybull library. Also, newspaper stands were blown over in Greybull.
June 2013HailGreybull-There were numerous spotter reports of hail in Greybull with the largest stones reaching the size of quarters.
June 2013HailGreybull-One inch diameter hail was observed by a trained spotter in Greybull.
May 2010Funnel CloudGreybull-The Big Horn county sheriff's office reported that a deputy in Greybull was witnessing a funnel cloud over town.
May 2010Funnel CloudGreybull-A funnel cloud was seen by the public moving east. The funnel lasted five minutes.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGreybull-Branches were blown down in estimated 60 mph winds east of Greybull.
August 2009HailGreybull-Hail of 2.00 to 2.50 inches was measured on the east side of the Greybull River above Greybull.
June 2007HailGreybull-A sheriff's deputy reported quarter sized hail on U.S. Highway 14/16/20 near mile markers 93 and 94.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGreybull-Large tree limbs down
June 2002HailGreybull-no account filed
June 2002HailGreybull-no account filed
June 2002Flash FloodGreybull-no account filed
June 2001Tornado (F1)Greybull-no account filed
June 2001HailGreybull-no account filed
June 2001Funnel CloudGreybull-no account filed
June 2001Funnel CloudGreybull-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGreybull-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Greybull-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F1)Greybull-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Big Horn 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
Basin7.6 miles7
Reeves Corner10.4 miles16
Flitners Corner10.7 miles16
Otto13.0 miles7
Shell15.0 miles16
Manderson15.9 miles9
Emblem17.8 miles7
Burlington20.1 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 GreybullAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1029876The 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 1589144. 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.