Parkman, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sheridan West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82838. It stands on Dry Twin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dayton North quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,304 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresParkman grew from 151 to 180 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 | 151 | |
| 2020 | 180 | +29 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1895 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dayton North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Parkman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 2 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Crow Agency | GOPER |
| 19 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Crow Agency | I90 INCIDENT 332 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parkman: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Claims and Adjacent Claims | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkman in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2011 | Flood | Parkman | $520,000 | Heavy rains of 3 to 5 inches in the Big Horn Mountains and Foothills caused area streams and creeks to rise and result in localized flooding. Small streams and creeks around Dayton were reported to be flooded. In addition, flooding was reported along the Tongue River and Little Goose Creek and on creeks in the Ranchester area resulting in the closing of some county roads. During the height of the heavy rainfall, Pass Creek Road, far northern Sheridan County near the Montana border, flooded and was eventually washed out. Several culverts were also reported as washed out. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Parkman | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gust (no confirmation). |
| June 2019 | Hail | Parkman | - | Quarter size hail was reported 12 miles northwest of Dayton. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Parkman | - | A large amount of hail resulted in leaf damage to bushes. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkman | - | A severe thunderstorm moved over the northwest portion of the Big Horn Mountains during the late afternoon on the 27th. A National Weather Service storm survey concluded that a microburst with winds estimated at 90-100 mph hit the area. Damage from this microburst occurred near Highway 14A near mile marker 81. The approximate damage area was 1/4 mile wide and 2-3 miles in length. Two camper trailers were completely destroyed (tossed and turned) and two others were severely damaged. Numerous large trees, up to one foot in diameter, were snapped. In addition, ping pong to golf ball size hail occurred with this thunderstorm. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkman | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkman | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Parkman | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Parkman | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkman | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkman | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Parkman | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ranchester | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Wolf | 13.7 miles | 15 | |
| Monarch | 16.2 miles | 15 | |
| Burgess Junction | 16.3 miles | 17 | |
| Kleenburn | 17.4 miles | 15 | |
| Beckton | 17.9 miles | 17 | |
| Acme | 18.7 miles | 11 |
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 Parkman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1956198 | 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 1805262. 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.







