Meeteetse, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Meeteetse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82433. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meeteetse East quadrangle. 309 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,751 feet above sea level.
On record in Meeteetse
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
Anderson Lodgelisted 1987
First National Bank of Meeteetselisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresMeeteetse fell from 327 to 309 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 | 327 | |
| 2020 | 309 | -18 (-6%) |
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.
- 1911 USGS Meeteetse quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Meeteetse quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Basin quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Meeteetse East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Meeteetse between 2002 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Park County | SHEPPERSON FIRE |
| 30 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cody Field Office | THREE MILE |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Park County | 9 MM |
| 16 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | TOWER |
| 24 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Park County | 110 CLIFF DR. |
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.4 acres | Cody Field Office | IDAHO ST |
| 1 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Park County | SCORCHED HORN |
| 8 October 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Park County | ZEB |
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 Meeteetse: 5 unknowns. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barling | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Barling West Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hogg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Meeteetse Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Topsoil Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meeteetse in 30 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 15 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Meeteetse | $5,000 | Trained spotters reported golf ball-sized to lime-sized hail in the vicinity of Meeteetse, WY. Several people reported damaged skylights and cracked windshields from the hail. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeteetse | - | Wind gusts as high as 59 mph were reported along Highway 120 to the north of Meeteetse. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | The public reported nickel size hail west of Meeteetse. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Meeteetse | - | A foot of water was reported to be flowing across Highway 120 around 5 miles south of Meeteetse. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeteetse | - | The weather sensor north of Meeteetse reported several wind gusts past 58 mph, including a maximum gust of 76 mph. |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Meeteetse | - | The public reported a funnel cloud to the west of Meeteetse. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Meeteetse | - | Emergency management reported flooding along the Greybull River. The flooding remained over low lying areas and caused little or no damage. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeteetse | - | The wind sensor along State Highway 120 on Meeteetse Rim recorded a thunderstorm wind gust to 63 mph. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | A rancher along the Greybull River northeast of Meeteetse reported one inch diameter hail. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | A rancher reported three-quarter inch diameter hail about 15 miles southeast of Meeteetse. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | Spotters reported penny sized hail northeast of Meeteetse. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Meeteetse | - | The Park County Sheriffs Office reported a weak tornado east of State Highway 120 between Cody and Meeteetse, and north of the Greybull River. The tornado was seen and photographed from several vantage points as it traveled east-northeast near the Y-U Bench. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeteetse | - | A strong thunderstorm moved east of the Absaroka Mountains and produced a severe wind gust at an automated observing site along State Highway 120 north of Meeteetse. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeteetse | - | A thunderstorm moved off the Absaroka Range and produced a 62 mph wind gust at an automated Wyoming Department of Transportation weather station along State Highway 120 north of Meeteetse. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | Nickel sized hail fell at a ranch along the Lower Greybull River Road northeast of Meeteetse. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | A strong thunderstorm developed over the southern Absaroka Mountains and moved over the town of Meeteetse dropping one inch diameter hail. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | Hail to the size of quarters fell along Road 3LD north of Meeteetse. This storm damaged some dry bean fields and forced one farmer to replant the crop. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | Three-quarter inch diameter hail covered the ground along the Lower Greybull River Road. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | Penny sized hail was reported along State Highway 120 south of Meeteetse. |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Meeteetse | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud southwest of Meeteetse. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | Penny sized hail was observed two miles north of Meeteetse. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeteetse | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeteetse | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Meeteetse | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Meeteetse | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Meeteetse | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Meeteetse | - | 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.
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 Meeteetse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028108 | 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 1591459. 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.






