Mammoth, Wyoming
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yellowstone National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82190. It stands on Primrose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mammoth quadrangle. 262 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,250 feet above sea level.
On record in Mammoth
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 2 records
Obsidian CliffNational Historic Landmark · listed 1996
Obsidian Cliff Kiosklisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresMammoth fell from 263 to 262 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 | 263 | |
| 2020 | 262 | -1 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1885 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Yellowstone National Park North quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Mammoth between 1993 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | CACHE |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | 16 acres | Yellowstone National Park | RESCUE |
| 14 September 2009 | Natural | 15 acres | Yellowstone National Park | RAINBOW |
| 13 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | BRANDING IRON |
| 12 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | POW WOW |
| 10 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | PLUMBER |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | CLAGETT |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | 37 acres | Yellowstone National Park | DECKARD |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mammoth: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Gold, Silver, Copper, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Gardiner Travertine Deposits | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Travertine | |
| Gardiner Travertine Quarry | Travertine | Past Producer | ||
| Gardiner Travertine Saw | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Moonlight Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanceys | 14.4 miles | 24 | |
| Tower Junction | 15.7 miles | 24 | |
| Buffalo Ford | 17.5 miles | 24 | |
| Bannock Ford | 18.1 miles | 24 | |
| Canyon Junction | 19.9 miles | 22 | |
| Canyon Village | 20.2 miles | 22 | |
| Soda Butte (historical) | 29.9 miles | 21 | |
| Pahaska Tepee | 51.0 miles | 19 |
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 Mammoth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6018613 | 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 1591192. 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.










