Hoback, Wyoming
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Jackson Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83001. It stands on Sawpit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Munger Mountain quadrangle. 1,276 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,879 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHoback grew from 1,176 to 1,276 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 | 1,176 | |
| 2020 | 1,276 | +100 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1931 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Munger Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Munger Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Hoback between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | TWO-TIME |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | TRASHY |
| 30 September 1992 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | WOLF |
| 3 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | BAILEY |
| 3 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | SWIFT |
| 28 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | WOLF |
| 27 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | SOUTH OF MARTIN WFU |
| 23 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | DEER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hoback: 8 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Gold, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Claim (placer) | Gold, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Prospect | 1870 | |
| Hoback placer occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Snake River Canyon Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | 1910 | |
| Unidentified Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Unknown (in Snake River Canyon) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoback Junction | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| South Park | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rafter J Ranch | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jackson | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson | 15.9 miles | 17 | |
| Moose Wilson Road | 17.1 miles | 17 | |
| Jack Pine | 18.8 miles | 13 | |
| Teton Village | 21.3 miles | 17 |
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 Hoback | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q632248 | 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 1600345. 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.







