James Town, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Green River North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82935. It lies near Greasewood Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Peru quadrangle. 455 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,168 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJames Town fell from 536 to 455 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 | 536 | |
| 2020 | 455 | -81 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Peru quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of James Town between 2002 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Sweetwater County | MM76 |
| 19 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Sweetwater County | MCKINNON FIRE |
| 14 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweetwater County | MM 82 |
| 11 September 2009 | Fireworks | 2.5 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | CEMETERY |
| 4 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Sweetwater County | MM1 HARBORLITE |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | MM67 |
| 17 August 2002 | Natural | 200 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | TROUT CRK |
| 11 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sweetwater County | MM62 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of James Town: 10 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sodium, Sodium Carbonate, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Alkali Co., Butler Well No. 1 | Sodium | Prospect | Trona | |
| State Highway Dept | Silica | Producer | ||
| Western Alkali Company wells | Sodium Carbonate | Past Producer | Trona | |
| Acme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Green River Pit & Plant Layos | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Department Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Department Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names James Town in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2001: 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | James Town | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | James Town | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riovista | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| Green River | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bryan | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kanda | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Purple Sage | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Clearview Acres | 12.8 miles | 8 | |
| North Rock Springs | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Blairtown | 15.2 miles | 13 |
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 James Town | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1942352 | 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 1590051. 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.




