Powder River

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Powder River

Total population

0

Median home value

$0

Median income

$0

Elevation1743 m

Land area15.46 km²

Weather50°F · Partly Cloudy

Coordinates43.05°, -106.99°

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 River is a census-designated place (CDP) in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 30 in the 2020 census and 44 in the 2010 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

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

Geography

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

Current forecast

Forecast for Powder River, WY from NOAA NWS API.

Nearby places in Wyoming

• Vista West
  30.9 mi away · pop. 953
• Homa Hills
  30.9 mi away · pop. 235
• Mountain View
  31.5 mi away
• Bessemer Bend
  31.5 mi away · pop. 143
• Red Butte
  32.9 mi away · pop. 580
• Mills
  33.4 mi away · pop. 4,390
• Bar Nunn
  33.7 mi away · pop. 3,008
• Antelope Hills
  34.3 mi away · pop. 72
• Hartrandt
  34.5 mi away · pop. 975
• Casper
  36.8 mi away · pop. 58,839
• Alcova
  36.9 mi away · pop. 99
• Evansville
  38.5 mi away · pop. 2,779

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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 River

Proposed development of coal resources in the Eastern Powder River Wyoming

United States. Dept. of the Interior. · 1979

Proposed development of coal resources in Eastern Powder River

1979

Variations in physical habitat features and small fish assemblages during the summer months in the Powder River, Wyoming

Anna C. Senecal · 2007

Powder River

Maxwell Struthers Burt · 1938

Water co-produced with coalbed methane in the Powder River basin, Wyoming

Cynthia A. Rice · 2000

Powder River basin

Wyoming Geological Association. · 1958

Northern Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana, guidebook.

1963

Long-term highwall stability in the northwestern Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana

William K. Smith · 1980

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Cold Springs, Converse, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 79 mi
• Wildfire WEISER KNOLL, Fremont, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 87 mi
• Wildfire Montgomery Draw, Campbell, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 107 mi
• Wildfire Moonshine, Albany, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-09-07 · 114 mi
• Wildfire Lumin, Sheridan, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-07-31 · 126 mi
• Wildfire Harris, Rosebud, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 149 mi
• Wildfire Davis Coulee, Big Horn, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 175 mi
• Wildfire Bare, Sublette, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-04 · 178 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Least Chipmunk

Neotamias minimus

Seen 2026-07-25

Woolly Bud Gall Midge

Rhopalomyia medusirrasa

Seen 2026-06-28

Pronghorn

Antilocapra americana

Seen 2026-06-23

Cockscomb Oreocarya

Oreocarya glomerata

Seen 2026-06-07

Plains Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha

Seen 2026-06-07

Laxmann's Milkvetch

Astragalus laxmannii

Seen 2026-06-02

Greater Sage-Grouse

Centrocercus urophasianus

Seen 2026-05-09

Swift Fox

Vulpes velox

Seen 2025-09-06

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Seen 2025-08-01

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