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La Grange, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goshen Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82221. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle. 372 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,590 feet above sea level.

La Grange within Goshen County

Population over time

2 figures

La Grange fell from 448 to 372 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
2010448
2020372-76 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of La Grange between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined4
Natural3
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGoshen CountyHWY 151 09282020
14 September 2017Natural8.0 acresGoshen CountyMILE MARKER 60 FIRE
4 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreGoshen County202 E STREET
19 July 2017Natural3.0 acresGoshen CountyROAD 51 FIRE
12 July 2006Natural2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
1 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresGoshen CountyMILE MARKER 60 FIRE.
15 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresGoshen CountyMALM RANCH CONTROLLED BURN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Goshen County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of La Grange: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Goshen Hole PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Goshen County

Storms near this place

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Grange in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 29 hail, 6 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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 1999HailLa Grange$250,000no account filed
June 1999HailLa Grange$100,000no account filed
August 2006Flash FloodLa Grange$80,000Rainfall from 3 to 4 inches fell over the La Grange, WY. area and produced street flooding with some water in basements. A county road bridge was also washed out.
June 2009Tornado (EF2)La Grange$10,000A widely observed tornado moved across open country of far southern Goshen county. Only minor damage was caused, mainly to a few power poles and trees.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)La Grange$10,000Tornado moved primarily over open country, but removed a roof from a mobile home.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Trained spotter measured 63 MPH wind gust.
June 2023Flash FloodLa Grange-Observer reported 4 inches of rain over a short period of time. Nearby streams out of their banks including Bear Creek. County roads washed out.
May 2023HailLa Grange-An Emergency Management Official reported half dollar sized hail in La Grange.
May 2023HailLa Grange-An Emergency Management Official reported quarter sized hail 5 miles SSE of La Grange.
June 2016HailLa Grange-Quarter size hail was reported east of La Grange.
July 2016HailLa Grange-Golf ball to tennis ball size hail was reported from three miles northwest of La Grange to La Grange.
August 2014HailLa Grange-Quarter size hail was observed in La Grange.
June 2013HailLa Grange-Nickel to ping pong ball size hail was reported in La Grange.
June 2013Tornado (EF0)La Grange-A weak tornado touched down north of La Grange and moved to the southeast. It uprooted five trees, broke 11 windows, destroyed a fence and tossed a large metal dumpster. The tornado remained on the ground for 10 minutes before lifting.
June 2013HailLa Grange-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported north of La Grange.
June 2011Flash FloodLa Grange-Roadways flooded with runoff.
June 2010HailLa Grange-Hail from quarter to ping pong size.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)La Grange-Narrow landspout type tornado tracked over open rangeland.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Flag torn off pole at the post office along with 2-inch diameter branches blown off.
May 2004Tornado (F0)La Grange-Tornado briefly touched down near La Grange, WY.
June 1999Tornado (F0)La Grange-Tornado briefly touched down 3 miles west of La Grange, WY
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-A lone severe thunderstorm developed over east-central Laramie county during the early evening and intensified as it moved north. Golf ball-size hail was reported at Albin in northeast Laramie county. Later, winds of 60 mph were estimated at La Grange in southeast Goshen county.
May 2023HailLa Grange-no account filed
August 2023HailLa Grange-no account filed
May 2019HailLa Grange-no account filed
May 2019HailLa Grange-no account filed
July 2019HailLa Grange-no account filed
July 2019HailLa Grange-no account filed
June 2018HailLa Grange-no account filed
June 2010HailLa Grange-no account filed
July 2009HailLa Grange-no account filed
June 2009HailLa Grange-no account filed
June 2009HailLa Grange-no account filed
August 2002HailLa Grange-no account filed
August 2000HailLa Grange-no account filed
June 1999HailLa Grange-no account filed
May 1998HailLa Grange-no account filed
May 1996HailLa Grange-no account filed
July 1996HailLa Grange-no account filed
July 1996HailLa Grange-no account filed
August 1996HailLa Grange-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Goshen 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
Wycross3.1 miles12
Hawk Springs11.4 miles12
Fonda15.7 miles12
Trelona (historical)16.9 miles13
Silver Tip19.7 miles13
Huntley20.2 miles13
Yoder20.3 miles13
Veteran25.1 miles12

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 La GrangeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1028457The 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 1596848. 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.