Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
“Cora is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sublette County, Wyoming. The population was 114 at the 2020 census.”
Wikipedia article Cora, Wyoming, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Sublette County · listed in 2017 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Cora Townsite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Pinedale Field Office | BINNING ROAD |
| 19 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sublette County | CORA HIGHWAY |
| 18 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sublette County | SPRING GULCH FIRE |
| 23 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | EASTSIDE |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sublette County | KREACH FIRE |
| 1 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cora Townsite: 7 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork, Little Wind River | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Bar Cross Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bootjack Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cora Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| F Bar Cross Seventy Six | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Graveyard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Noble | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Noble Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cora, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2025 | Hail | Cora | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail to the north of Cora. |
| May 2010 | Lightning | Cora | - | Lightning ignited a fire in a haystack near Cora around 1700MST. The fire smoldered into the early morning hours of the following day and scorched approximately 350 tons of hay. The stack was three bales high across an area 300 feet by 200 feet in size. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cora | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Cora | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Cora | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green River Drift Trail Traditional Cultural Property | 3.9 miles | 2013 | |
 | Upper Green River Rendezvous Site | 5.5 miles | 1966 |
 | Father DeSmet's Prairie Mass Site | 5.8 miles | 1970 |
 | Daniel School | 7.1 miles | 1990 |
 | Log Cabin Motel | 7.8 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000925 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sublette County | All 20 listed properties in this county. |
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