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Osage, Wyoming

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82723. The Survey maps it on the Osage quadrangle. 151 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,321 feet above sea level.

Osage within Weston County

Population over time

2 figures

Osage fell from 208 to 151 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
2010208
2020151-57 (-27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Osage between 1992 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
13 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandTHORTON & CLAY SPUR
8 August 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWyoming State ForestryRRMM 535 FIRE
8 August 2005Natural11 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
5 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
3 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
27 August 2020Natural4.6 acresNew Castle Field OfficeTURNER
25 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWyoming State ForestryRRMM 536.1
25 August 2002Natural5.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Osage: 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. 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
OsageBentoniteOccurrence
Osage,Clay Spur QuarriesBentoniteProducer
Turner CreekBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Weston County

Storms near this place

60 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osage in 60 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 33 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2011Flash FloodOsage$163,000At least four inches of rain fell over eastern Weston County in less than two hours, causing flash flooding in Newcastle. Widespread street flooding damaged cars and left debris throughout the town. Numerous culverts were damaged, sewers were clogged, and basements were flooded.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOsage$100,000Thunderstorm winds blew over a metal shed and snapped and overturned trees.
July 2010HailOsage$20,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOsage$15,000Numerous trees were blown down by strong wind gusts, including a 30 inch diameter tree blown onto a garage. Wind-driven hail broke a skylight and skirting on a mobile home and windows.
August 2013Flash FloodOsage$10,000Heavy rain caused flooding along Skull Creek Road, Oil Creek Road, Green Mountain Road, and Purvis Road. One and a half inches of rain fell in 20 minutes north of Four Corners. Water covered the westbound lane of U.S. Highway 16 near the intersection with Highway 450.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindOsage$10,000Strong winds damaged a house roof and tree limbs, broke a 500 gallon fiberglass tank into three pieces, and blew the pieces a mile away.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOsage$5,000A metal shop building was flattened by strong wind gusts.
July 2014HailOsage$5,000no account filed
July 2012Flash FloodOsage$5,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindOsage$5,000no account filed
September 2025Thunderstorm WindOsage-WY Mesonet Site measured wind gust.
August 2019HailOsage-Wind gusts to 50 mph accompanied the storm.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOsage-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2018FloodOsage-Minor flooding of small streams and creeks occurred around Mallo and Four Corners. Roads were flooded in and below the 2012 Oil Creek burn scar. A few small stock dams breeched and small landslides were reported. Localized flooding was reported around Newcastle; including Carter Avenue, Stampede Drive, Highway 85 at Highway 16, and Morrissey Road just south of Newcastle.
June 2015Flash FloodOsage-Portions of several county roads were underwater northeast of Osage, including Skull Creek Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOsage-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Flash FloodOsage-Runoff from the heavy rain caused Clayspur Road to wash out in several places.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOsage-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOsage-The spotter estimated wind gusts near 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindOsage-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Osage-A small tornado briefly touched down in a field northwest of Osage.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOsage-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 1995HailOsage-Severe thunderstorms moved through Weston County, producing large hail and a funnel cloud.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
July 2024HailOsage-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
July 2023HailOsage-no account filed
July 2023HailOsage-no account filed
June 2023HailOsage-no account filed
June 2022HailOsage-no account filed
June 2021HailOsage-no account filed
June 2020HailOsage-no account filed
June 2019HailOsage-no account filed
May 2017HailOsage-no account filed
May 2017HailOsage-no account filed
June 2014HailOsage-no account filed
July 2014HailOsage-no account filed
May 2013HailOsage-no account filed
July 2013HailOsage-no account filed
June 2013HailOsage-no account filed
July 2013HailOsage-no account filed
July 2012HailOsage-no account filed
July 2011Funnel CloudOsage-no account filed
July 2010HailOsage-no account filed
July 2009HailOsage-no account filed
July 2009HailOsage-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
July 2005HailOsage-no account filed
May 2004HailOsage-no account filed
June 2002HailOsage-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
June 2001HailOsage-no account filed
June 2001HailOsage-no account filed
June 2001HailOsage-no account filed
July 2001HailOsage-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
May 1999HailOsage-no account filed
May 1999HailOsage-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weston 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
Clay Spur4.1 miles16
Jerome7.4 miles12
Skull Creek9.3 miles16
Cambria (historical)11.6 miles11
Upton13.7 miles12
Newcastle14.4 miles13
Colloid15.3 miles12
Horton15.6 miles15

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 OsageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1942284The 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 1601947. 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.