West Laramie, Wyoming
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laramie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laramie quadrangle.
On record in West Laramie
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiarylisted 1978 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1895 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of West Laramie between 1994 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 4 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Laramie County | RR517 |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Laramie County | I-80 |
| 13 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Albany County | CORTHELL |
| 12 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Crook County | PAHLOW FIRE |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albany County | CORTHALL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of West Laramie: 8 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monolith Portland Midwest Co | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown (near Laramie) | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Carroll Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cement Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Easterling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Monolith Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Monolith Portland Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| State Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Laramie in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | West Laramie | - | Received reports via social media of water completely covering roads and coming over curbs and sidewalks in northwest Laramie west of Interstate 80. |
| June 2023 | Flood | West Laramie | - | Pioneer Canal overflowed due to rainfall in recent days flooding adjacent Laramie mobile home park. Storm drains were clogged keeping water in place. Adjacent country road was flooded, but Wyoming Highway 230 remained above water level. |
| July 2019 | Hail | West Laramie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laramie | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Howell | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Red Buttes | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| The Buttes | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wyoming | 11.7 miles | 18 | |
| Millbrook | 15.9 miles | 23 | |
| Harmony | 16.0 miles | 18 | |
| Tie Siding | 16.9 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558538 | 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 1596225. 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.








