Shoshoni, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1962. It stands in the Shoshoni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82649. The Survey maps it on the Shoshoni quadrangle. 471 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,843 feet above sea level.
On record in Shoshoni
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 2 records
King, C. H., Company, and First National Bank of Shoshonilisted 1994- Quien Sabe Ranchlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresShoshoni fell from 649 to 471 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 | 649 | |
| 2020 | 471 | -178 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1951 USGS Shoshoni quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
18 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Shoshoni between 2009 and 2020, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lander Field Office | HIGHWAY |
| 3 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lander Field Office | TOUGH |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | BOYSEN RAILROAD |
| 18 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Lander Field Office | POISON |
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fremont County | NONE |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | 363 BONNEVILLE ROAD |
| 31 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Lander Field Office | CAUSEWAY |
| 6 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Fremont County | NONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shoshoni: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville Mill | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shoshoni in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | A 59 mph wind gust was reported along Badwater Road north of Shoshoni. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Shoshoni | - | An off duty National Weather Service employee reported nickel size hail at the intersection of US 26 and Missouri Valley Road. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Shoshoni | - | Hail as large as one inch in diameter fell in Shoshoni. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | A local emergency manager estimated 60 mph wind gusts as a thunderstorm moved through the town of Shoshoni. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | Two trees were downed when a thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 70 mph struck a ranch near Boysen Reservoir. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | Large tree limbs down |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | BUREC at Boysen Dam |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Shoshoni | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Shoshoni | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Heavy Rain | Shoshoni | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Shoshoni | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shoshoni | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Shoshoni | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Boysen | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Midvale | 17.8 miles | 9 | |
| Riverton | 20.4 miles | 8 | |
| Moneta | 21.1 miles | 7 | |
| Lysite | 22.4 miles | 7 | |
| Saint Stephens | 23.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lost Cabin | 25.6 miles | 7 |
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 Shoshoni | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1029795 | 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 1594295. 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.



