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Lander, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lander census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82520. It stands on Popo Agie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lander quadrangle. 7,546 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,358 feet above sea level.

Lander within Fremont County

On record in Lander

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lander grew from 7,487 to 7,546 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
20107,487
20207,546+59 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

What the histories say of this town

6,269 words

1 chapter about Lander from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
The Resources of Fremont County, Wyoming, 1891 ...The Resources of Fremont County, Wyoming, 1891 ... (1891)6,269 words

Fires near this place

117 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Lander between 1994 and 2020, burning about 431 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/undetermined59
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking6
Fireworks6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use10 acresWind River Agency132HIWAY
17 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
6 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFremont CountyNONE
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
29 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
27 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLander Field OfficeSQUAW CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lander: 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Zeolites, 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
Middle Fork Popo Agie River # 3ZeolitesUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Wypo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lander Area # 1Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Southwest of LanderGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lander in 38 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 14 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 wildfire. 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
July 2007Flash FloodLander$200,000A thunderstorm produced 1.70 inches of rain in less than 30 minutes in Red Canyon. The learning center at Red Canyon Ranch was inundated with six inches of mud and water causing extensive damage. The mud, rock, and water also flooded a barn, shop, and several corrals at the ranch. Red Canyon Creek and other small tributaries were out of their banks. Road damage on the ranch was widespread. The county portion of Red Canyon Road was covered with a three-foot-deep mud flow which closed the road for much of the next week. At least one nearby residence sustained damage to a basement and destruction of their backyard landscaping due to a mud and water flow.
July 2001WildfireLander$70,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLander$10,000Gables on a pole barn under construction were destroyed on Iiams Road. A home under construction near U.S. Highway 287 and Lyons Valley Road was toppled.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLander-A weather station to the northeast of Lander recorded a 67 mph wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLander-A 60 mph wind gust was reported at Moss Rock to the southwest of Lander.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLander-A 60 mph wind gust was reported near Lander.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindLander-A 66 mph wind gust was recorded at the Lander airport. A 60 mph was reported in the higher elevations to the southwest of Lander.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLander-Maximum wind gusts of 72 mph were reported to the northwest of Lander.
June 2019FloodLander-The Middle Fork of the Popo Agir saw minor flooding. The flooding caused no damage.
May 2018HailLander-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Lander.
February 2017FloodLander-Chinook winds caused rapid snow melt in the Lander Foothills that brought rapid snow melt. The warm temperatures caused rapid snow melt that rapidly increased river levels. In addition, the frozen Little Popo Agie river broke up rapidly and ice jams caused flooding of the flood prone areas in Lyons Valley. Several homes and farms in the low lying areas experienced flooding and several side roads were flooded with a few washed out.
May 2015Flash FloodLander-Heavy rainfall led to flooding in Lyons Valley near Lander. The Little Popo Agie River overflowed its banks and flooded low lying areas along Lyons Valley Road. The water approached some homes along the river but did not enter them.
June 2015HailLander-Trained spotters and law enforcement reported penny sized hail in Lander. Law enforcement also reported that a few stones were the size of quarters.
May 2008HailLander-One inch diameter hail was measured four miles southeast of Lander.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLander-Wind gusts on the north side of Lander were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindLander-no account filed
September 2005HailLander-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLander-no account filed
June 2003Funnel CloudLander-no account filed
June 2003HailLander-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindLander-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindLander-no account filed
September 2002WildfireLander-no account filed
August 2002WildfireLander-no account filed
September 2001HailLander-no account filed
September 2001Flash FloodLander-no account filed
September 2001HailLander-no account filed
September 2001Flash FloodLander-no account filed
September 2001HailLander-no account filed
September 2001HailLander-no account filed
September 2001HailLander-no account filed
September 2001HailLander-no account filed
September 2001Flash FloodLander-no account filed
September 2001Funnel CloudLander-no account filed
September 2001HailLander-no account filed
September 1999WildfireLander-no account filed
May 1998HailLander-no account filed
August 1997HailLander-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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
Wyopo2.7 miles12
Milford4.1 miles10
Boulder Flats6.6 miles10
Hudson9.3 miles11
Kotey Place10.0 miles11
Wind River13.4 miles10
Ethete13.4 miles8
Fort Washakie14.4 miles8

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 LanderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q992094The 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 1609112. 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.