Horse Creek, Wyoming
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cheyenne West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82061. It stands on South Fork Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horse Creek quadrangle. It stands 6,506 feet above sea level.
On record in Horse Creek
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 1 record
- Dereemer Ranch Historic Districtlisted 1983
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.
- 1905 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Horse Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Horse Creek between 2008 and 2018, burning about 290 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2018 | Natural | 100 acres | Laramie County | HORSE CREEK |
| 5 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 189 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Horse Creek: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Western Sugar Co 1926 | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Horse Creek Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horse Creek in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Hail | Horse Creek | $1,000 | Large hail feel in and near Horse Creek. The hail injured a horse and broke all exterior lights on a house. The hail piled up to 6 to 8 inches deep in the one-half mile wide path. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | Quarter sized hail was reported by an NWS Employee approximately 5 miles NNE of Whitaker. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Horse Creek | - | Observer measured one inch of rainfall in short time and only had one accessible road off of property as the others have become washed out. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Horse Creek | - | Small tornado sighted half a mile west of Interstate 25 at mile marker 34. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horse Creek | - | Estimated wind gusts of 65 mph were reported at Horse Creek. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | Marble to ping pong ball size hail was reported at Horse Creek. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | Half dollar size hail was reported on Interstate 25 24 miles north of Cheyenne. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | Ping pong ball size hail was observed 12 miles south-southeast of Horse Creek. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | Quarter size hail was observed one mile southeast of Horse Creek. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horse Creek | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph at Horse Creek. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horse Creek | - | Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were observed in Horse Creek. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horse Creek | - | Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were reported six miles west of Whitaker on County Road 228. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | Quarter size hail was observed at Horse Creek. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Horse Creek | - | A spotter measured 1.79 inches of rain. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horse Creek | - | A wind gust of 77 mph was measured 12 miles south-southeast of Horse Creek. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Horse Creek | - | Public reported tornado on ground. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | Hail covered ground. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | 1 3/4 inch,but mostly smaller, size hail fell 3 miles north of Horse Creek, WY |
| July 2019 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Horse Creek | - | 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.
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 Horse Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5905404 | 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 1589684. 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.




