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Hawk Springs, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goshen Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82217. The Survey maps it on the Hawk Springs quadrangle. 47 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,383 feet above sea level.

Hawk Springs within Goshen County

Population over time

2 figures

Hawk Springs grew from 45 to 47 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
201045
202047+2 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hawk Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,561 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined8
Natural7
Debris and open burning5
Smoking1
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
28 August 2018Natural1.0 acresGoshen CountyRICHARDS 2
28 August 2018Natural950 acresGoshen CountyGRASS FIRE
27 August 2018Natural350 acresGoshen CountyRICHARDS
25 August 2018Naturalunder an acreGoshen CountyBUCKHOLDS
13 July 2020Naturalunder an acreGoshen CountyWYRULEC
10 July 2018Natural1.0 acresGoshen CountyGRASS FIRE
10 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresGoshen CountyVINTON PLACE
10 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGoshen CountyBRIGGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Goshen County

Storms near this place

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawk Springs in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 28 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 flash 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
June 2023Tornado (EF2)Hawk Springs1 hurt, $100,000A large cone tornado developed just east of US-85 south of Hawk Springs, before quickly becoming rain-wrapped. The tornado snapped cottonwood trees, with a tree branch impaling a stucco house. It also damaged outbuildings and snapped power poles. An injury occurred when the tornado flipped an 18-wheeler and injured the driver. The same tornado tracked to the southeast and damaged another outbuilding and a barn 3 miles southeast of Hawk Springs. The tornado was officially rated an EF-2. In addition to the tornado damage, straight-line winds from the Rear Flank Downdraft (RFD) damaged several hardwood trees. This is consistent with 100 MPH winds.
June 2009HailHawk Springs$50,000Quarter to softball sized hail reported along the storm track with hail drifts from 12 to 18 inches at the junction of county roads 38 and 55.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHawk Springs$10,000no account filed
May 1996HailHawk Springs$10,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHawk Springs-MPing from storm chaser of measured 64 mph wind gust with handheld Kestrel.
June 2025HailHawk Springs-Public reports half dollar size hail.
June 2025HailHawk Springs-Half dollar sized hail reported just south of the intersection of US highway 85 and Wyoming state highway 313.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHawk Springs-A wind gust to 59 MPH was measured by a car roof anemometer in Hawk Springs.
June 2023HailHawk Springs-Emergency Manager reported pea to penny size hail in Hawk Springs.
June 2023Tornado (EF1)Hawk Springs-Official NWS Storm Survey confirms an EF-1 tornado which bent free-standing light and flag poles along its path, also collapsing the walls of a small outbuilding.
July 2019Flash FloodHawk Springs-The southbound lanes of United States Highway 85 were under water prompting closure of the road till water receded.
July 2019Flash FloodHawk Springs-Southbound lanes in Hawk Springs were under water.
August 2016HailHawk Springs-Golf ball size hail was reported at Hawk Springs.
July 2016HailHawk Springs-Quarter size hail was reported three miles south of Hawk Springs.
July 2016HailHawk Springs-Golf ball size hail was reported two miles south of Hawk Springs.
July 2016HailHawk Springs-Golf ball size hail was reported at Hawk Springs.
June 2015HailHawk Springs-Golf ball size hail was observed three miles west of Hawk Springs.
June 2015HailHawk Springs-Ping pong ball size hail was observed three miles south of Hawk Springs.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Hawk Springs-A landspout tornado touched down in open country and moved southeast. The tornado dissipated after three minutes on the ground. No damage was reported.
June 2015HailHawk Springs-Hen egg size hail was observed near US Highway 85 seven miles south of Hawk Springs.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHawk Springs-Wind gusts were estimated at 55 to 60 mph in Hawk Springs.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHawk Springs-Thunderstorm winds snapped several power poles near Highway 313 about 15 miles east of Chugwater.
June 2011HailHawk Springs-Some nickel size hail and estimated 45 mph wind.
June 2009Flash FloodHawk Springs-Heavy rainfall flooded many roads and made them impassable for a time.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Hawk Springs-Rope tornado briefly on the ground over open rangeland.
August 2008HailHawk Springs-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported along track of storm.
July 1994HailHawk Springs-For the third straight day, severe thunderstorms effected some portion of southeast Wyoming. One storm developed rapidly over the city of Cheyenne and dropped quarter- to golf ball-size hail across the city and produced two inch hail stones as it moved east. Another storm developed at the same time over southern Platte County and dropped golf ball-size hail at Chugwater and at Hawk Springs in southern Goshen County. A brief tornado was reported by the Torrington police west of Yoder, but no damage occurred.
June 1994HailHawk Springs-Severe thunderstorms erupted over northern Platte county early on the evening of the 3rd, and moved southeast across the rest of Platte, northeastern Laramie and southern Goshen counties. Several trees, power poles and fences were blown down north of Wheatland cutting power to that area. Hail up to the size of golf balls covered the ground with drifts eight inches deep 10 miles southeast of Wheatland.
May 1993HailHawk Springs-No injuries or damage from hail at Hawk Springs.
June 2019HailHawk Springs-no account filed
June 2019HailHawk Springs-no account filed
September 2019HailHawk Springs-no account filed
September 2019HailHawk Springs-no account filed
September 2019HailHawk Springs-no account filed
August 2011HailHawk Springs-no account filed
June 2010HailHawk Springs-no account filed
July 2010HailHawk Springs-no account filed
July 2010HailHawk Springs-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHawk Springs-no account filed
May 1996HailHawk Springs-no account filed
July 1994HailHawk Springs-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHawk Springs-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindHawk Springs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Goshen 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
Fonda4.3 miles12
Wycross8.3 miles12
Silver Tip8.9 miles13
Trelona (historical)9.0 miles13
Yoder9.2 miles13
La Grange11.4 miles12
Huntley11.9 miles13
Veteran13.8 miles12

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 Hawk SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1949151The 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 1589386. 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.

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.