Kirby, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thermopolis West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82430. It lies near Coal Draw. The Survey maps it on the Kirby quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,268 feet above sea level.
On record in Kirby
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
Kirby Jail and Town Halllisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresKirby fell from 92 to 76 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 | 92 | |
| 2020 | 76 | -16 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1945 USGS Kirby quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Kirby quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Kirby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Kirby between 1993 and 2020, burning about 272 acres in total. 4 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | WINCHESTER RAIL 2 |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Worland Field Office | COAL DRAW |
| 4 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.1 acres | Worland Field Office | WINCHESTER RAIL |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | AXEL |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | LUCERNE |
| 10 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | QUINCY FIRE |
| 3 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 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 Kirby: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelley | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kirby Borrow Area | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirby in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2017: 11 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | A weather station in Kirby reported a wind gust of 63 mph. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Kirby | - | Pea to nickel sized hail fell just west of Kirby. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | The Hot Springs County emergency manager reported a 60 mph wind gust at Kirby. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Kirby | - | Penny to nickel sized hail was reported in Kirby. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Kirby | - | Hail the size of nickels reported by the public. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Kirby | - | Golf ball sized hail fell to the north of Little Cottonwood Creek in northern Hot Springs County. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Kirby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucerne | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Red Lane | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| East Thermopolis | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Thermopolis | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Minnesela | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Nickelson Place | 19.7 miles | 8 | |
| Owl Creek | 20.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hamilton Dome | 21.0 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 Kirby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955147 | 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 1590377. 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.






