Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Afton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83127. It lies near Green Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Thayne East quadrangle. 1,866 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,254 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStar Valley Ranch grew from 1,503 to 1,866 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 | 1,503 | |
| 2020 | 1,866 | +363 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1921 USGS Afton quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Thayne East quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Afton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Star Valley Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | MURPHY |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | STAR |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | BIRCH CREEK |
| 29 September 1992 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | STAR |
| 28 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | WOLFLEY |
| 27 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | THREE HORSE |
| 24 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | CEDAR |
| 21 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | WOLFLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Star Valley Ranch: 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Star Valley Ranch in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 4 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Star Valley Ranch | $167,000 | Active snowmelt in the Salt River Range caused a flood along a normally dry ditch in Star Valley Ranch. The narrow drainage near Prater Canyon brought enough water to wash out part of a road and three culverts. The high water also exposed and damaged a water line in the community. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Star Valley Ranch | - | A trained spotter reported several downed trees at Star Valley Ranch. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Star Valley Ranch | - | Several live, large pine trees were blown over across a trail in the foothills just east of the town of Star Valley Ranch. A nearby weather station in the town registered a peak wind gust of 66 mph at 1301MST. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Star Valley Ranch | - | A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter sized hail at Star Valley Ranch. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Star Valley Ranch | - | Trained spotters reported hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls at Star Valley Ranch. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Star Valley Ranch | - | Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph toppled a one foot diameter aspen tree at Star Valley Ranch. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Star Valley Ranch | - | A trained spotter at Star Valley Ranch reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Star Valley Ranch | - | Penny sized hail was observed near Star Valley Ranch. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thayne | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bedford | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Etna | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Turnerville | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Grover | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Auburn | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Alpine | 13.7 miles | 17 | |
| Alpine Junction | 14.3 miles | 17 |
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 Star Valley Ranch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028655 | 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 2351263. 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.





