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Worland, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Worland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82401. It stands on Sage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Worland quadrangle. 4,773 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,065 feet above sea level.

Worland within Washakie County

On record in Worland

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

3 figures

Worland grew from 265 to 4,773 between 1910 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
1910265
20105,487
20204,773-714 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

345 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Worland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,163 acres in total. 17 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
Fireworks131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined116
Debris and open burning54
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2017Fireworks1.0 acresWashakie County1291 AIRPORT
2 September 2017Fireworks1.0 acresWashakie CountySAGE CROSSING
19 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashakie County20-144
13 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashakie CountySOUTH FLAT 137 FIRE
12 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashakie County1563 JIMS PATH
1 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashakie County2020-160
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresWorland Field OfficeTEN MILE
8 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washakie 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 Worland: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bentonite. 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
Bentonite MineBentoniteProducer
Worland Betonite MillClayProducer
GeeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Howard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccormac Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Mat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washakie County

Storms near this place

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worland in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1995Thunderstorm WindWorland1 hurtStrong thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs in Worland. One 3 inch diameter branch was blown 60 feet, striking a person in the head.
February 2017FloodWorland$100,000Rapidly warming temperatures after a prolonged cold spell, rapidly melted snow in the Big Horn Basin. This, combined with the frozen Big Horn River breaking up, produced flooding in Washakie County, especially in the vicinity of Worland. Over 100 homes were evacuated in the low lying residential areas along the river. Some residents were out of their homes for three days before finally being allowed back as the water receded on February 14th. The water receded after February 15th as the ice jam moved northward into Big Horn County.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWorland$20,000Thunderstorm outflow wind toppled 15 to 20 power poles in the town of Worland. A fence at the Bureau of Land Management office was also blown over.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWorland$10,000The Worland airport reported a thunderstorm wind gust to 69 mph. This led to many trees and power lines being blown down in the city of Worland. The hardest hit areas were between South 10th and South 15th street as well as between Culbertson and Washakie Streets. A gust of 65 mph was measured at the Leigh Creek RAWS site.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWorland$2,000A weather station 12 miles east of Worland reported a wind gust of 70 mph. In Worland, trees and power lines were reported down. A 5 inch limb fell on a home.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWorland$200Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and limbs and tangled some power lines in tree branches around Worland.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWorland-Wind gusts as high as 71 mph were reported east of Worland.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWorland-Wind gusts as high as 71 mph occurred near and to the east of Worland.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWorland-Please see episode for narrative.
May 2019FloodWorland-The Washakie County emergency manager reported street flooding in portions of Worland.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWorland-A trained spotter reported tree and roof damage in Worland, Wyoming. Several tree limbs were blown down to the north-northwest of Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
August 2019Flash FloodWorland-Over an inch of rain along with small hail fell in Worland in only 25 minutes and brought street flooding. The water closed some streets for a while and water also backed into some buildings, including the city shop.
June 2018Funnel CloudWorland-Trained spotters reported a funnel cloud northwest of Worland.
May 2014HailWorland-Hail to the size of pennies was reported in Worland.
May 2013Funnel CloudWorland-A funnel cloud was observed 12 miles west of Worland.
June 2006HailWorland-no account filed
June 2004HailWorland-no account filed
June 2002HailWorland-no account filed
June 2002HailWorland-no account filed
June 2002HailWorland-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWorland-no account filed
July 2001HailWorland-no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodWorland-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWorland-no account filed
July 2001HailWorland-no account filed
May 2000HailWorland-no account filed
August 1999Funnel CloudWorland-no account filed
August 1999Tornado (F0)Worland-no account filed
August 1999Tornado (F0)Worland-no account filed
July 1998HailWorland-no account filed
July 1998HailWorland-no account filed
June 1998Funnel CloudWorland-no account filed
June 1997HailWorland-no account filed
June 1996HailWorland-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
Airport Road1.7 miles8
Colter5.2 miles10
West River5.6 miles10
Washakie Ten6.0 miles10
South Flat6.5 miles10
Durkee8.1 miles9
Eccles8.7 miles9
Winchester15.4 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 WorlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q845469The 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 1596624. 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.