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Ten Sleep, Wyoming

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ten Sleep census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82442. It stands on Tensleep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ten Sleep quadrangle. 246 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,426 feet above sea level.

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Ten Sleep within Washakie County

On record in Ten Sleep

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Ten Sleep fell from 260 to 246 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
2010260
2020246-14 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Ten Sleep between 1992 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Fireworks7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.6 acresWorland Field Office436 ROAD
25 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashakie CountySHRIVER
24 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWorland Field OfficeDRY GULCH
8 August 2015Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeYUCA
7 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWashakie CountyROAD 47
6 August 2020Natural25 acresWyoming State Forestry (CDC Area)SMITH
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWorland Field OfficeWARNER GULCH
25 August 2017Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeCANYON CREEK

Every fire recorded in Washakie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Ten Sleep: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Nitrogen-Nitrates. 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
UnknownNitrogen-NitratesOccurrence
Packer GroupUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumProducerStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Ten Sleep AreaGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Tenseep CanyonGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Davis Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Davis Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washakie County

Storms near this place

28 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ten Sleep in 28 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 funnel cloud, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep$50,000Ping pong ball sized hail driven by wind gusts estimated to be around 85 mph damaged roofs, rain gutters, windows, and siding of several homes in the Nowood River Valley south of Ten Sleep. The wind also ripped metal roofing from a garage, while another garage was significantly damaged by a toppled Cottonwood tree. A rear flank downdraft associated with a nearby supercell thunderstorm was responsible for the damaging wind.
August 2010HailTen Sleep$30,000Ping pong ball sized hail fell for several minutes at ranches just west of State Highway 434. Substantial damage was done to the sorghum crop at one ranch.
June 2018Tornado (EF2)Ten Sleep$20,000An EF-2 tornado with maximum winds at 130 mph touched down in Northeast Washakie county in a heavily forested area at around 8000 feet. The tornado downed and snapped off around 1,000 trees near ground level during its short path.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep$10,000no account filed
May 2019FloodTen Sleep-The Washakie County emergency manager reported two small mudslides in Ten Sleep Canyon.
June 2018HailTen Sleep-The CO-OP Observer near Big Trails reported half dollar to ping pong ball size hail 3 miles north of Big Trails.
May 2018FloodTen Sleep-Washakie County sheriff deputies reported flooding around the Ten Sleep Creek bridge along Highway 16. The water flooded several campsites. The water also got close to surface of the bridge but never topped it.
June 2018HailTen Sleep-A storm chaser reported ping pong ball size hail near Ten Sleep.
June 2017HailTen Sleep-The public reported quarter size hail to the east of Ten Sleep.
June 2011HailTen Sleep-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail at a ranch southeast of Ten Sleep.
August 2010HailTen Sleep-Penny sized hail fell at the Wigwam Fish Rearing Station east of Ten Sleep.
August 2010Funnel CloudTen Sleep-A funnel cloud which appeared white continued to spin for several minutes after a tornado dissipated.
July 2003Flash FloodTen Sleep-no account filed
August 2003HailTen Sleep-no account filed
June 2003Funnel CloudTen Sleep-no account filed
June 2002HailTen Sleep-no account filed
June 2002HailTen Sleep-no account filed
June 2002HailTen Sleep-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep-no account filed
May 1999HailTen Sleep-no account filed
July 1998HailTen Sleep-no account filed
July 1998HailTen Sleep-no account filed
July 1998Funnel CloudTen Sleep-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep-no account filed
June 1997HailTen Sleep-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindTen Sleep-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudTen Sleep-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudTen Sleep-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washakie 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
French Vee24.6 miles6
Washakie Ten24.6 miles10
Eccles25.3 miles9
Durkee25.4 miles9
Airport Road26.5 miles8
Worland26.7 miles10
West River27.0 miles10
South Flat30.2 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 Ten SleepAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1029742The 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 1595354. 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.