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Pine Bluffs, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pine Bluffs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82082. It stands on Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pine Bluffs quadrangle. 1,172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,049 feet above sea level.

Pine Bluffs within Laramie County

On record in Pine Bluffs

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Pine Bluffs grew from 1,129 to 1,172 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
20101,129
20201,172+43 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Pine Bluffs between 2006 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLaramie CountyMUDDY CREEK FIRE
2 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLaramie CountyMM398
3 June 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 June 2006Natural30 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 May 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLaramie CountyROAD 210

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laramie County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pine Bluffs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Laramie County

Storms near this place

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Bluffs in 79 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 52 hail, 9 tornado, 7 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 2010Thunderstorm WindPine Bluffs$3,000Center pivots blown over at intersection of County Roads 212 and 158.
June 2003HailPine Bluffs$2,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPine Bluffs$1,000Wind gusts of 69 mph were reported in Pine Bluffs.
September 1996HailPine Bluffs$1,000no account filed
May 2010Flash FloodPine Bluffs$200County Road 219 under water.
May 2010Flash FloodPine Bluffs$100Flash flooding of low lying areas. 1.53 inches total rainfall.
March 2025HailPine Bluffs-Hail was reported in the town of Pine Bluffs near the Nebraska border.
August 2024HailPine Bluffs-Storm chaser reported 1.75 inch hail 6 miles north of Pine Bluffs.
August 2024HailPine Bluffs-Storm chaser reported half dollar sized hail in Pine Bluffs.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPine Bluffs-Storm chaser reports 60 mph wind in Pine Bluffs.
August 2024HailPine Bluffs-Storm chaser reported 1.2 inch hail in Pine Bluffs.
August 2024HailPine Bluffs-Emergency Manager reported quarter sized hail in Pine Bluffs.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPine Bluffs-MPING report of 3 inch diameter tree branches down along with power poles down.
May 2019HailPine Bluffs-Home of observer was damaged by hail with several windows broken along with unspecified damage to vehicle.
May 2019HailPine Bluffs-Images received showed damage to vehicles in driveway.
May 2017HailPine Bluffs-Marble to quarter size hail accumulated two inches deep. The wind-driven hail stripped trees and a wheat field.
June 2017Funnel CloudPine Bluffs-A funnel cloud was reported five miles south of Pine Bluffs.
June 2017Funnel CloudPine Bluffs-A funnel cloud was reported three miles south of Pine Bluffs.
June 2017HailPine Bluffs-Hail slightly larger than baseball size was observed at Pine Bluffs.
June 2017Funnel CloudPine Bluffs-A funnel cloud was observed five miles west of Pine Bluffs.
July 2016Flash FloodPine Bluffs-At least six inches of rapidly flowing water closed several county roads south of Pine Bluffs, as well as some streets in Pine Bluffs.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPine Bluffs-Straight-line wind gusts estimated as high as 90 mph caused significant damage throughout Pine Bluffs. Many trees were uprooted and utility poles toppled. There were extensive power outages.
July 2016HailPine Bluffs-Golf ball size hail driven by straight-line winds estimated as high as 90 mph caused catastrophic damage to homes, businesses and vehicles at Pine Bluffs. Many trees were uprooted and utility poles toppled. Sheds, windows, roofs and siding were damaged or destroyed. Eighty percent of the town's street lights were damaged. An estimated 500 homes were damaged. Power was out for three hours. Much of the wheat crop was destroyed by the wind and hail. Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities.
July 2016Flash FloodPine Bluffs-Two to four inches of rain combined with extensive hail drifts and clogged drains from stripped leaves caused flash flooding throughout Pine Bluffs. Many streets were inundated by one to two feet of water.
May 2014HailPine Bluffs-Quarter size hail was reported in Pine Bluffs.
June 2014HailPine Bluffs-Half dollar size hail was observed southwest of Pine Bluffs.
June 2014Flash FloodPine Bluffs-Up to five inches of rain in an area three miles northwest to five miles north of Pine Bluffs caused flash flooding. Water a foot deep and 30 yards wide was flowing across the 1600 block of County Road 215.
September 2014Heavy RainPine Bluffs-An observer measured 1.82 inches of rain.
June 2014HailPine Bluffs-Quarter size hail was observed along County Road 161 southwest of Pine Bluffs.
May 2014Flash FloodPine Bluffs-Flash flooding was observed along Chivington Draw northwest of Pine Bluffs. Water was running over the Pine Bluffs-Albin Road bridge.
July 2013HailPine Bluffs-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported west of Pine Bluffs.
July 2013HailPine Bluffs-Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported west of Pine Bluffs.
July 2013HailPine Bluffs-Quarter size hail was reported southwest of Pine Bluffs.
July 2013HailPine Bluffs-Quarter size hail was reported along Interstate 80 between mile markers 397 and 398.
July 2013HailPine Bluffs-Quarter size hail was reported west of Pine Bluffs.
June 2012HailPine Bluffs-Half dollar sized hail was reported in Pine Bluffs.
June 2012HailPine Bluffs-Golf ball sized hail was reported in Pine Bluffs.
May 2012HailPine Bluffs-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2012HailPine Bluffs-Hen egg sized hail was reported in Pine Bluffs.
May 2012HailPine Bluffs-Half dollar sized hail with siding damage was reported in Pine Bluffs.
May 2012HailPine Bluffs-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Pine Bluffs.
May 2012HailPine Bluffs-Golf ball sized hail was reported in Pine Bluffs.
August 2011HailPine Bluffs-Hail covered the ground and ranged in size from half dollars to golf balls.
August 2011HailPine Bluffs-Hail ranged in size from quarters to half dollars.
July 2010HailPine Bluffs-Ground white with hail. Accompanied by strong winds. Gutters full of hail.
May 2010HailPine Bluffs-Report recieved via E-Spotter.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Pine Bluffs-Tornado spotteed 2 miles southeast of Egbert Exit. Exit 391 of Interstate 80.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Pine Bluffs-Tornado on ground near County Road 212.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Pine Bluffs-Brief touchdown of tornado along Interstate 80. No reports of damage.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Pine Bluffs-Three tornadoes on the ground at the same time.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Pine Bluffs-Public report of a tornado along Interstate 80.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Pine Bluffs-Tornado tracked northward over open country.
June 2006HailPine Bluffs-1 to 1 1/4 inch diameter hail.
May 1999HailPine Bluffs-3/4 inch hail accumulated up to two inches deep in and around Pine Bluffs, WY
May 1999HailPine Bluffs-1 inch hail fell 8 miles north of Pine Bluffs, WY
July 1998Tornado (F0)Pine Bluffs-A brief tornado occurred over open country 5 miles north of Pine Bluffs.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Pine Bluffs-Brief touchdown in open country reported by public.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Pine Bluffs-Brief touchdown in open country.
July 1994HailPine Bluffs-A super-cell developed in southeastern Goshen County early in the evening of the 17th and moved south across extreme eastern Laramie County. Large hail and damaging winds were observed with the storm which broke out all the windows on the north side of a home north of Pine Bluffs. Hail up to the size of baseballs produced significant damage to a mobile home park east of Pine Bluffs. Winds from the storm blew down several power poles in Albin cutting off power there.
June 2022HailPine Bluffs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laramie 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
Tracy5.3 miles8
Egbert10.0 miles9
Burns15.4 miles9
Albin16.3 miles8
Carpenter18.4 miles9
Arcola21.3 miles9
Hillsdale21.7 miles8
Tremain25.6 miles13

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 Pine BluffsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1028517The 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 1609139. 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.