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Sussex Post Office and Store

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“The Sussex Post Office and Store, also known as Sussex Community Hall, is located on the north bank of the Powder River in southeast Johnson County about twenty miles east of Kaycee, Wyoming. The store was built in 1914, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.”

Wikipedia article Sussex Post Office and Store, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Sussex Rd. and Powder R., Kaycee, 82639
  • When was it listed? November 1998
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Kaycee
  • National Register reference number. 98001377 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sussex Post Office and Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined6
Natural5

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.8 acresBuffalo Field OfficeOHIO FIRE
6 September 2009Natural185 acresBuffalo Field OfficeDDG 2 MILE
8 August 2016Natural30 acresBuffalo Field OfficeFOUR MILE CREEK
7 July 2013Naturalunder an acreBuffalo Field OfficePOWDER RIVER
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresBuffalo Field OfficeCAMPEMELLE
26 July 2020Natural4.5 acresJohnson CountyGARRETT
12 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresBuffalo Field OfficeGARRET
11 June 2013Natural4.8 acresBuffalo Field OfficeANDREWS DRAW

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sussex Post Office and Store: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
DelUraniumPast Producer
Meike Pit Number ThreeSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Skiles Pit Number OneSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this property

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaycee, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 23 hail, 9 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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
August 2002Flash FloodKaycee$459,000no account filed
May 2015FloodKaycee$50,000Heavy rain fell in the tributaries of the Powder River in southern Johnson and northern Natrona counties. The South Fork of the Powder River along with Salt Creek were two of the major contributors to a rapid rise in the water level of the Powder River near Sussex. High water on both the North and Middle forks of the Powder River also served to flood the main stem. The river climbed more than 10 feet in less than 24 hours at Sussex and crested at 15.63 feet around 0500MST on Monday, May 25. This crest topped the previous record crest of 15.16 feet set in May 1978. Agricultural land downstream of Kaycee near Sussex was completely inundated and several ranches and vehicles were surrounded by water.
July 2013Flash FloodKaycee$50,000Heavy rainfall estimated by radar to be 1 to 1.5 inches in less than 30 minutes inundated areas south of Barnum and into northern Natrona County. Blue Creek was flooded as were Poker Creek and some smaller streams feeding the Middle Fork of the Powder River. Several corrals were lost and damage was done to at least one out-building. One observer said it was the worst flooding they had seen in 27 years at their residence. Bar C Gap ran 6 to 7 feet deep and Bar C Ranch Road was covered with mud and debris.||Another hard hit area centered on Willow Creek and nearby drainages along the TTT-Lone Bear Road and West Willow Creek Road. Water was running over the roads in more than one location.
July 2007Flash FloodKaycee$50,000The North Fork of the Powder River flooded northwest of Kaycee as five inches of rain fell in about two hours. State Highway 191, Mayoworth Road, had water flowing both over and under portions of the road. Traffic was reduced to one lane on the road due to the flood waters. A ranch bridge was washed out and 300 bales of hay were destroyed.
July 2001Flash FloodKaycee$18,000no account filed
August 1999Tornado (F1)Kaycee$8,000no account filed
May 2013HailKaycee$2,000One inch diameter hail was reported about 3 miles north-northeast of Kaycee. The hail broke out windows in an antique car.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindKaycee$500Four large cottonwoods were downed on a ranch northwest of Kaycee. The trees narrowly missed a trailer, but did crush a ranch fence.
July 2025HailKaycee-The public reported penny sized hail at a gas station in Kaycee.
June 2023Tornado (EF0)Kaycee-A rancher reported a brief touchdown of a tornado north of Kaycee to the Johnson County Sheriffs office.
May 2019HailKaycee-An off duty National Weather Service meteorologist reported penny size hail in Kaycee.
May 2019FloodKaycee-NCRS reported the Middle Fork of the Powder River out of its banks in a few locations around Kaycee. The flooding was minor and no damage was reported.
July 2019HailKaycee-A thunderstorm became severe as it moved off of the Bighorn Mountains as it approached Interstate 25. Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell along a line from Kaycee through Sussex, Wyoming.
July 2019Funnel CloudKaycee-The public reported a funnel cloud 18 miles SSE of Kaycee.
July 2019HailKaycee-A thunderstorm developed along the east slope of the Big Horn Range and become severe as it moved toward Kaycee and into Sussex, Wyoming. There were numerous reports of hail from quarter to half dollar size.
July 2018HailKaycee-Trained spotters reported nickel to ping pong ball size hail in the vicinity of Kaycee.
May 2018HailKaycee-A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail 7 miles east of Kaycee.
June 2018HailKaycee-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail near Kaycee.
May 2015Flash FloodKaycee-Heavy rain fell across southern Johnson County and brought flooding to the tributaries of the North Fork and Middle Fork of the Powder River. Flooding was observed between Mayoworth and Kaycee and also between Barnum and Kaycee.
June 2014HailKaycee-Nickel sized hail was reported just west of Kaycee and Interstate 25.
May 2013HailKaycee-A trained spotter reported a second round of quarter sized hail north of Kaycee.
June 2009HailKaycee-Hail of one-half inch diameter to nickel size fell in Kaycee for 10 minutes. Also, at 1957MST an automated sensor recorded a wind gust to 57 mph at the fire hall east of Kaycee.
May 2008HailKaycee-Hail up to the size of nickels fell in Kaycee.
July 2007HailKaycee-Golf ball sized hail reported near the Mayoworth Road.
July 2007HailKaycee-Nickel sized hail was reported north of Kaycee.
June 1995HailKaycee-A thunderstorm in southern Johnson County produced a funnel cloud near the town of Mayoworth (36 miles south of Buffalo). Large hail was reported from this storm 10 miles north of Kaycee. Kaycee is located 44 miles south of Buffalo.
July 2007HailKaycee-no account filed
June 2006HailKaycee-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindKaycee-no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodKaycee-no account filed
May 2000HailKaycee-no account filed
May 2000Flash FloodKaycee-no account filed
May 2000Flash FloodKaycee-no account filed
May 2000Flash FloodKaycee-no account filed
July 2000HailKaycee-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindKaycee-no account filed
August 1999HailKaycee-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindKaycee-no account filed
July 1998HailKaycee-no account filed
June 1998HailKaycee-no account filed
June 1998Funnel CloudKaycee-no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F0)Kaycee-no account filed
August 1993HailKaycee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Cantonment Reno6.4 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98001377 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Johnson CountyAll 22 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.