North Rock Springs, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rock Springs North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82901. The Survey maps it on the Pilot Butte quadrangle. 2,439 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,486 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorth Rock Springs grew from 2,207 to 2,439 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 | 2,207 | |
| 2020 | 2,439 | +232 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Pilot Butte quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of North Rock Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,667 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Fireworks | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | SPRINGS |
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | COLLEGE FIRE |
| 21 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Sweetwater County | MADISON DRIVE FIRE |
| 21 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | WHITE MOUN |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweetwater County | I-80 MM107 |
| 16 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | STASNOSE |
| 8 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | ANTELOPE |
| 8 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Sweetwater County | BLAIR FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of North Rock Springs: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Potassium, Potash. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Butte | Potassium, Potash | Prospect | Leucite | |
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reliance | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clearview Acres | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Rock Springs | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Blairtown | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stansbury | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Purple Sage | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dines (historical) | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Quealy | 7.6 miles | 13 |
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 North Rock Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1956375 | 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 1853208. 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.




