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Rawlins, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rawlins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82301. The Survey maps it on the Rawlins quadrangle. 8,221 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,834 feet above sea level.

Rawlins within Carbon County

On record in Rawlins

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 8 records

Population over time

7 figures

Rawlins grew from 612 to 8,221 between 1870 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
1870612
18801,451+839 (+137%)
18902,235+784 (+54%)
19002,317+82 (+4%)
19104,256+1,939 (+84%)
20109,259
20208,221-1,038 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

73 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Rawlins between 1996 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined22
Fireworks13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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
29 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeMILE POST 213
23 September 1996Fireworks1.1 acresRawlins Field OfficeRAWLINS
17 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryCHEROKEE ROAD
10 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeBONFIRE
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbon County215
6 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
29 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeRV PARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Rawlins: 17 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Stone, Limestone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Rawlins AreaFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Unknown QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Sandstone, DimensionPast Producer
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumProspect
Unknown - Rawlins Area 1Stone, Limestone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - Rawlins Area 3Stone, Limestone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Carbon County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rawlins in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
April 2001Thunderstorm WindRawlins3 hurt, $50,000Strong thunderstorm wind gust rolled a mobile home 3 times in Echo Springs, resulting in 3 injuries.
June 1998LightningRawlins1 hurtA motorcycle rider was hit by lightning as he was riding west on Interstate 80. He was struck in the back of the neck and the strike caused him to lose control of his mototcycle and crash into the median. The motorcyclist recieved a ruptured eardrum and burns to his eyes, chest and shoulder. The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment and released.
May 2021Tornado (EFU)Rawlins-Brief landspout tornado was observed with photos disseminated by Carbon County Emergency Manager south of Rawlins. According to reports by the public via social media, landspout tornado remained over open areas with no discernable damage to rank only as EFU. Given limited evidence, specific location, width, length and timing are all estimates.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRawlins-RAWS site at Cow Creek in southwestern Carbon County measured the reported wind speed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRawlins-RAWS mesonet station COWW4 - Cow Creek reported gust 21 miles north-northeast of Baggs.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindRawlins-Winds measured at the Cow Creek site.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindRawlins-Wind speeds were measured by the sensor at Rawlins Municipal Airport.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRawlins-Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were observed southwest of Rawlins.
June 2010HailRawlins-Water standing in yard due to heavy rain. Estimated time of report.
July 2008HailRawlins-Nickel to half dollar sized hail reported in the vicinity of Rawlins, WY.
August 1997Tornado (F0)Rawlins-Touched down in open country causing no damage.
May 1995HailRawlins-A thunderstorm in northern Carbon County produced a funnel cloud and hailstones up to one inch in diameter. No damage was reported as a result of the hail.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindRawlins-A slow moving tornado was reported by the public 13 miles north of Rawlins. No damage occurred and the path length and width were estimated. The Rawlins airport recorded a wind gust of 67 mph from a thunderstorm. No damage was reported at the airport.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRawlins-The airport in Rawlins measured a wind gust of 65 mph as a thunderstorm passed through. No damage was reported from the winds.
May 2021HailRawlins-no account filed
May 2018HailRawlins-no account filed
May 2018HailRawlins-no account filed
May 2018HailRawlins-no account filed
May 2018HailRawlins-no account filed
May 2018HailRawlins-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindRawlins-no account filed
August 2002HailRawlins-no account filed
April 2001HailRawlins-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindRawlins-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodRawlins-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindRawlins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carbon 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
Sinclair6.7 miles11
Fort Steele15.5 miles15
Old McKeal Place20.4 miles15
Walcott21.0 miles16
Edson23.8 miles16
Coyote Springs24.8 miles16
Old Haymaker Place25.9 miles15
Ferris (historical)28.0 miles10

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 RawlinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q958137The 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 1593213. 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.