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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.

Meeteetse within Park County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Meeteetse 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.

YearPeople Change
2010327
2020309-18 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

8 since 2002

Regional 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
14 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresPark CountySHEPPERSON FIRE
30 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCody Field OfficeTHREE MILE
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePark County9 MM
16 August 2002Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeTOWER
24 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresPark County110 CLIFF DR.
20 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresCody Field OfficeIDAHO ST
1 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresPark CountySCORCHED HORN
8 October 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPark CountyZEB

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BarlingSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Barling West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hogg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Meeteetse CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
State Topsoil PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this place

30 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023HailMeeteetse$5,000Trained 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 2024Thunderstorm WindMeeteetse-Wind gusts as high as 59 mph were reported along Highway 120 to the north of Meeteetse.
May 2019HailMeeteetse-The public reported nickel size hail west of Meeteetse.
May 2018Flash FloodMeeteetse-A foot of water was reported to be flowing across Highway 120 around 5 miles south of Meeteetse.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMeeteetse-The weather sensor north of Meeteetse reported several wind gusts past 58 mph, including a maximum gust of 76 mph.
June 2018Funnel CloudMeeteetse-The public reported a funnel cloud to the west of Meeteetse.
June 2017FloodMeeteetse-Emergency management reported flooding along the Greybull River. The flooding remained over low lying areas and caused little or no damage.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMeeteetse-The wind sensor along State Highway 120 on Meeteetse Rim recorded a thunderstorm wind gust to 63 mph.
July 2015HailMeeteetse-A rancher along the Greybull River northeast of Meeteetse reported one inch diameter hail.
June 2013HailMeeteetse-A rancher reported three-quarter inch diameter hail about 15 miles southeast of Meeteetse.
June 2013HailMeeteetse-Spotters reported penny sized hail northeast of Meeteetse.
June 2013HailMeeteetse-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
May 2013Tornado (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 2012Thunderstorm WindMeeteetse-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 2012Thunderstorm WindMeeteetse-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 2011HailMeeteetse-Nickel sized hail fell at a ranch along the Lower Greybull River Road northeast of Meeteetse.
June 2010HailMeeteetse-A strong thunderstorm developed over the southern Absaroka Mountains and moved over the town of Meeteetse dropping one inch diameter hail.
June 2009HailMeeteetse-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 2009HailMeeteetse-Three-quarter inch diameter hail covered the ground along the Lower Greybull River Road.
May 2008HailMeeteetse-Penny sized hail was reported along State Highway 120 south of Meeteetse.
May 2008Funnel CloudMeeteetse-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud southwest of Meeteetse.
May 2008HailMeeteetse-Penny sized hail was observed two miles north of Meeteetse.
April 2025HailMeeteetse-no account filed
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMeeteetse-no account filed
June 2006HailMeeteetse-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMeeteetse-no account filed
August 2001WildfireMeeteetse-no account filed
July 1997HailMeeteetse-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudMeeteetse-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudMeeteetse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Park 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
Dumbell7.3 miles10
Sunshine11.0 miles10
Dry Creek11.4 miles9
Lone Tree Crossing21.9 miles7
Fenton22.9 miles8
Cody27.3 miles11
Kirwin29.8 miles14
Vocation35.1 miles7

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 MeeteetseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1028108The 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.