Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
“The West Side School is a school building constructed in Worland, Wyoming, United States, in 1936. The school was built by the Works Progress Administration to for the education of Mexican students in the region.”
Wikipedia article West Side School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Washakie County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of West Side School between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,126 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 130 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | 1291 AIRPORT |
| 2 September 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | SAGE CROSSING |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | 20-144 |
| 13 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washakie County | SOUTH FLAT 137 FIRE |
| 12 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washakie County | 1563 JIMS PATH |
| 1 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washakie County | 2020-160 |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 11-000122 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Side School: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonite Mine | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Worland Betonite Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gee | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mccormac Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Mat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worland, the town this property stands in, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | 1 hurt | Strong thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs in Worland. One 3 inch diameter branch was blown 60 feet, striking a person in the head. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Worland | $100,000 | Rapidly 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | $20,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | $10,000 | The 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | $2,000 | A 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | $200 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and limbs and tangled some power lines in tree branches around Worland. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | - | Wind gusts as high as 71 mph were reported east of Worland. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | - | Wind gusts as high as 71 mph occurred near and to the east of Worland. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | - | Please see episode for narrative. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Worland | - | The Washakie County emergency manager reported street flooding in portions of Worland. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | - | 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Worland | - | 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 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Worland | - | Trained spotters reported a funnel cloud northwest of Worland. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Worland | - | Hail to the size of pennies was reported in Worland. |
| May 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Worland | - | A funnel cloud was observed 12 miles west of Worland. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Worland | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worland | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Worland | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Worland | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Worland | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Worland | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Worland | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Worland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Worland House | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
 | Worland Ranch | 0.8 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007002 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washakie County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
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