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.
Population over time
2 figuresHawk 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 45 | |
| 2020 | 47 | +2 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1899 USGS Goshen Hole quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hawk Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Hawk Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Goshen County | RICHARDS 2 |
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | 950 acres | Goshen County | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 August 2018 | Natural | 350 acres | Goshen County | RICHARDS |
| 25 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Goshen County | BUCKHOLDS |
| 13 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Goshen County | WYRULEC |
| 10 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Goshen County | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Goshen County | VINTON PLACE |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Goshen County | BRIGGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
43 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | Hawk Springs | 1 hurt, $100,000 | A 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 2009 | Hail | Hawk Springs | $50,000 | Quarter 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawk Springs | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Hawk Springs | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawk Springs | - | MPing from storm chaser of measured 64 mph wind gust with handheld Kestrel. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Public reports half dollar size hail. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Half dollar sized hail reported just south of the intersection of US highway 85 and Wyoming state highway 313. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawk Springs | - | A wind gust to 59 MPH was measured by a car roof anemometer in Hawk Springs. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Emergency Manager reported pea to penny size hail in Hawk Springs. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (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 2019 | Flash Flood | Hawk Springs | - | The southbound lanes of United States Highway 85 were under water prompting closure of the road till water receded. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Hawk Springs | - | Southbound lanes in Hawk Springs were under water. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Golf ball size hail was reported at Hawk Springs. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Quarter size hail was reported three miles south of Hawk Springs. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Golf ball size hail was reported two miles south of Hawk Springs. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Golf ball size hail was reported at Hawk Springs. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Golf ball size hail was observed three miles west of Hawk Springs. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Ping pong ball size hail was observed three miles south of Hawk Springs. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (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 2015 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Hen egg size hail was observed near US Highway 85 seven miles south of Hawk Springs. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawk Springs | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 55 to 60 mph in Hawk Springs. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawk Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped several power poles near Highway 313 about 15 miles east of Chugwater. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Some nickel size hail and estimated 45 mph wind. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Hawk Springs | - | Heavy rainfall flooded many roads and made them impassable for a time. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Hawk Springs | - | Rope tornado briefly on the ground over open rangeland. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported along track of storm. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Hawk 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 1994 | Hail | Hawk 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 1993 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | No injuries or damage from hail at Hawk Springs. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawk Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawk Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonda | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wycross | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Silver Tip | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Trelona (historical) | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Yoder | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| La Grange | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Huntley | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Veteran | 13.8 miles | 12 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1949151 | 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 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.




