Powder Horn

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Powder Horn is a golf course community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 682.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wyoming

• Big Horn
  1.5 mi away · pop. 259
• Sheridan
  7.3 mi away
• Story
  8.7 mi away · pop. 1,054
• Ranchester
  17.7 mi away · pop. 1,277
• Dayton
  19 mi away · pop. 992
• Parkman
  24.8 mi away · pop. 389
• Buffalo
  27.5 mi away · pop. 4,572
• Clearmont
  29.3 mi away · pop. 104
• Arvada
  40.9 mi away · pop. 10
• Shell
  41.4 mi away · pop. 36
• Hyattville
  44 mi away · pop. 47
• Ten Sleep
  51.1 mi away · pop. 239

Browse all places in Wyoming →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Powder Horn

Indian-loving Catlin and his buffalo powder horn ..

Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. · 1930

History of Cheyenne and northern Wyoming, embracing the gold fields of the Black Hills, Powder River and Big Horn countries ..

J. H. Triggs · 1876

History of Cheyenne and northern Wyoming

J H Triggs · 1876

A reliable and correct guide to the Black Hills, Powder River, and Big Horn gold fields!

J. H. Triggs · 1878

The saga of Tom Horn

Dean Fenton Krakel · 1954

Buffalotarrak

Dollie Iberlin · 2011

Yellowstone River basin and adjacent coal area level B study

Missouri River Basin Commission. · 1977

Gas in the Rockies

John W. Robinson · 2001

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Lumin, Sheridan, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-07-31 · 29 mi
• Wildfire Harris, Rosebud, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 39 mi
• Wildfire Montgomery Draw, Campbell, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 59 mi
• Wildfire Davis Coulee, Big Horn, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 67 mi
• Wildfire Sarpy, Big Horn, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-17 · 75 mi
• Wildfire Windmill, Stillwater, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 147 mi
• Wildfire Snow, Custer, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-02 · 151 mi
• Wildfire Cold Springs, Converse, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 155 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

American Mink

Neogale vison

Seen 2026-09-29

Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

Seen 2026-09-22

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Seen 2026-09-13

Western Black Widow

Latrodectus hesperus

Seen 2026-09-12

Black-billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia

Seen 2026-09-12

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Seen 2026-09-10

Wandering Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Seen 2026-09-07

green ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Seen 2026-09-06

showy milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

Seen 2026-09-04

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).