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Hyattville, Wyoming

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the South Big Horn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82428. It stands on Medicine Lodge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hyattville quadrangle. 79 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,452 feet above sea level.

Hyattville within Big Horn County

On record in Hyattville

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

Population over time

2 figures

Hyattville grew from 75 to 79 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
201075
202079+4 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Hyattville between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,749 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 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
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 September 2001Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeMULE
8 August 2020Natural34 acresWind River / Bighorn Basin DistrictBOBCAT
6 August 2011Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeCOLD SPRINGS RD
25 August 2011Natural412 acresWorland Field OfficePAINT ROCK
7 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresWorland Field OfficeMEDICINE LODGE
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use7.3 acresWind River / Bighorn Basin District31
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresWind River / Bighorn Basin DistrictMERCER
29 July 2012Natural4.0 acresWyoming State ForestryHYTTAVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hyattville: 6 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Shirran PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hyattville AreaGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Paintrock AreaGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Burgess ClaimUraniumUnknown
Burgess ClaimUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Big Horn County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hyattville in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 flood, 5 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011FloodHyattville$440,000Medicine Lodge Creek rose rapidly during the early morning hours of Friday, June 24 as a result of snowmelt in the western Bighorn Mountains. The rising creek completely flooded the campground area and washed out portions of the main road at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site northeast of Hyattville. Water from the creek also ran down State Highway 31 which serves as Main Street in Hyattville. The basement of at least one home was inundated by flood waters from the creek. Officials dug a trench across the highway in Hyattville to relieve flood waters on the upstream side of the road. Flooding of agricultural land also occurred in areas between Hyattville and Manderson along the Nowood River and Medicine Lodge Creek.
May 2013Flash FloodHyattville$25,000Heavy rain from thunderstorms brought flash flooding to the Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Debris covered the main road leading into the park in several spots, occasionally to a depth of one to two feet. At least six campsites in the park were damaged when normally dry arroyos to the east of the park swept water and debris across them before emptying into Medicine Lodge Creek. One camper was damaged as mud and rock flowed against its sides. Rainfall estimates ranged from 0.50 inches to 1.25 inches in about 30 minutes.
June 2011FloodHyattville$25,000Medicine Lodge Creek overflowed its banks for the second time in a week causing damage at the Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Much of the site was flooded as waters surged down the narrow creek.
June 2015Flash FloodHyattville$5,000Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms dropped heavy rain in a small drainage basin west of Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Run-off in the basin fed a dry wash that brought water into the central portion of the park. The dry wash directed water into and around a newly refurbished small cabin that serves as a visitor center. There was minor damage to the park road.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHyattville$5,000Several three-foot diameter Cottonwood trees were toppled at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site northeast of Hyattville.
May 2015Flash FloodHyattville$2,000Heavy rain of one-half to one inch inundated dry washes and arroyos in and around Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. Water and mud flowing out of one small canyon caused damage to at least six campsites in the middle portion of the site.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHyattville$1,000Thunderstorm outflow toppled two large trees at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site. The falling trees damaged a fence and narrowly missed a small cabin on the property.
June 2021FloodHyattville-Please see episode for event description.
May 2019FloodHyattville-Heavy rain caused flooding in portions of Medicine Lodge state park.
May 2018FloodHyattville-The Medicine Lodge Creek rose to flood stage briefly on the morning of May 27th.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHyattville-A severe thunderstorm produced a microburst that downed several hundred trees in the Bighorn National Forest. Wind gusts were estimated to be between 80 and 90 mph.
June 2015Flash FloodHyattville-The superintendent at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site reported flooding of three dry arroyos in and south of the park. One arroyo flooded campsites in the middle campground and flooding of other arroyos covered sections of the last one-half mile of a road leading to the park.
May 2014FloodHyattville-Flood stage of 3.5 feet on Medicine Lodge Creek within the boundaries of Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site was topped beginning at 0300MST on Thursday, May 29. The water level generally stayed above flood stage through the end of the month. The creek crested at 4.07 feet at 0115MST on May 30, and nearly repeated the same feat the following morning reaching 4.06 feet. Peak water levels occurred between 0115 and 0345MST each day. State park employees sandbagged the creek and successfully protected the main road through the archaeological site. Some minor flooding of a few campsites did occur.
June 2014FloodHyattville-The gauge on Medicine Lodge Creek in Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site fell below flood stage of 3.5 feet at 0915MST on Sunday, June 1. A decreasing mountain snowpack and cooler air in the wake of a cold front brought an end to the snowmelt and flooding. The river ran high for roughly the first half of June but additional flooding did not occur.
May 2013Funnel CloudHyattville-A spotter posted a photo on Facebook of a funnel cloud as seen looking east from Hyattville.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHyattville-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
August 2013HailHyattville-Wind-driven hail up to the size of pennies caused corn crop damage west of Hyattville.
May 2008FloodHyattville-Both forks of Medicine Lodge Creek were out of their banks following heavy rainfall of around one-half inch which occurred in combination with snowmelt from the Bighorn Mountains.
May 2008HailHyattville-Penny sized hail occurred at the Medicine Lodge State Historic Site.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHyattville-no account filed
June 2017FloodHyattville-no account filed
May 1999Funnel CloudHyattville-no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodHyattville-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
Meadow Lark Lake19.1 miles18
Manderson19.2 miles9
Shell22.1 miles16
Reeves Corner23.5 miles16
Flitners Corner24.0 miles16
Basin24.9 miles7
Greybull29.3 miles7
Otto37.2 miles7

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 HyattvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1981194The 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 1609106. 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.