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Wilson, Wyoming

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Jackson Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83014. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rendezvous Peak quadrangle. 1,567 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,148 feet above sea level.

Wilson within Teton County

On record in Wilson

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

Wilson grew from 1,482 to 1,567 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
20101,482
20201,567+85 (+6%)

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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Wilson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 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
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestCORN COB
7 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestPOWER POLE
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
28 September 2011Smokingunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestTHIMBLEBERRY
25 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestTRASHY CAMP
17 September 1994Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresBridger-Teton National ForestMIDNIGHT
14 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
4 August 1992Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestFISH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wilson: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Mosquito Creek TrenchPhosphorus-Phosphates, VanadiumOccurrence
UnknownTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Unidentified OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Crescent H Fall Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tucker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson South Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilson in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWilson$250,000Hundreds of trees were downed in and around Wilson WY. Some trees landed on power lines, resulting in a loss of power for several hours in Wilson. Pictures shared by emergency management showed fallen trees which had damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWilson$80,000Thunderstorm outflow wind descended the east slopes of the Teton Range and generated a swath of damage from near Wilson north along the Moose-Wilson Road and through Grand Teton National Park. The damage began near Wilson around 1645MST and spread north until shortly after 1700MST. Downed trees damaged power lines, crushed parked vehicles, made roads impassable, and even stranded park visitors on the Signal Mountain Summit Road. Just under 1000 customers were impacted by power outages due to the downed power lines, including park employee housing at Beaver Creek. In all, over 150 trees were cleared and all park visitors were rescued by 2200MST.
July 2007Flash FloodWilson$50,000Heavy rain triggered a debris flow in Jensen Canyon shortly before 3:00 p.m. Eyewitness reports indicated that entire trees, boulders, and mud were moved by the debris flow which was three to eight feet deep. The flow pushed an automobile for 20 to 30 feet before flipping it onto its side. A small outbuilding near one residence was also damaged. A geologist measured a mud line 40 feet up the sides of the canyon upstream from the canyon mouth.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWilson$10,000Power lines were reported down in Wilson as was a six inch diameter tree just west of town. A local energy company had to install one new pole and rebuild six others. One power line fell on Fish Creek Road and stopped traffic.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWilson-The public reported limbs down in Jackson. Downed trees knocked out power to 383 customers in Wilson.
June 2022HailWilson-The public reported quarter size hail on Teton Pass.
June 2013HailWilson-Nickel sized hail was reported a few miles south of Wilson.
July 2013HailWilson-A public report indicated hail of penny to nickel size fell a few miles west of Jackson.
June 2013HailWilson-Numerous storm spotters reported pea to quarter sized hail in Jackson.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWilson-The Teton County Sheriff's Office relayed that thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Wilson.

Every storm recorded in Teton 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
Moose Wilson Road2.3 miles17
Jackson6.1 miles14
Teton Village6.5 miles17
Rafter J Ranch6.5 miles14
South Park6.9 miles14
Moose13.5 miles15
Hoback Junction14.5 miles12
Beaver Creek14.8 miles15

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 WilsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1940623The 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 1604543. 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.