Editing Powder River, Wyoming

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{{Infobox settlement
|name            = Powder River
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Powder River, Wyoming
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Wyoming]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Wyoming|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Natrona County, Wyoming|Natrona]]

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|unit_pref  =  Imperial
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|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 15.4
|area_land_km2            = 15.3
|area_water_km2           = 0.1
|area_total_sq_mi         = 6.0
|area_land_sq_mi          = 5.9
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.0

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 30
|population_density_km2   =
|population_density_sq_mi = auto

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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
|utc_offset               = -7
|timezone_DST             = MDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -6
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 1743
|elevation_ft             = 5719
|coordinates              = {{coord|43|2|5|N|106|59|26|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 82648
|area_code                = [[Area code 307|307]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 56-62305<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1593001<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
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'''Powder River'''  is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Natrona County, Wyoming|Natrona County]], [[Wyoming]], United States. It is part of the [[Casper, Wyoming]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 30 in the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref name="census2020">[https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=powder%20river,%20wy&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 Census data], data.census.gov, Retrieved 17 November 2020</ref> and 44 in the [[United States Census 2010|2010 census]].

==History==
A post office called Powder River has been in operation since 1904.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WY&county=Natrona&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Natrona County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref> The community was named after the [[Powder River (Wyoming and Montana)|Powder River]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA115|year=1908|page=115}}</ref>  A [[Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot (Powder River, Wyoming)|Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot]] built in 1910 still stands and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 6.0&nbsp;square miles (15.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 5.9&nbsp;square miles (15.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.1&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (0.84%) is water.<ref name=censusnl>{{cite web|title=2010 Wyoming Place Names|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_56.txt|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=July 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411001344/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_56.txt|archivedate=April 11, 2011}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Powder River School, Wyoming, 1991–2020 normals, 1948-2020 records: 5722ft (1744m)
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high F = 52
|Feb record high F = 59
|Mar record high F = 74
|Apr record high F = 80
|May record high F = 87
|Jun record high F = 100
|Jul record high F = 101
|Aug record high F = 101
|Sep record high F = 96
|Oct record high F = 86
|Nov record high F = 72
|Dec record high F = 64
|year record high F = 

|Jan avg record high F = 47.3
|Feb avg record high F = 49.4
|Mar avg record high F = 65.0
|Apr avg record high F = 74.3
|May avg record high F = 81.8
|Jun avg record high F = 92.8
|Jul avg record high F = 97.3
|Aug avg record high F = 95.6
|Sep avg record high F = 92.4
|Oct avg record high F = 78.6
|Nov avg record high F = 65.9
|Dec avg record high F = 51.8
|year avg record high F = 96.1

|Jan high F = 33.3
|Feb high F = 36.1
|Mar high F = 46.4
|Apr high F = 54.3
|May high F = 65.0
|Jun high F = 77.1
|Jul high F = 87.1
|Aug high F = 85.1
|Sep high F = 74.6
|Oct high F = 58.4
|Nov high F = 44.5
|Dec high F = 33.8
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 22.2
|Feb mean F = 23.9
|Mar mean F = 34.3
|Apr mean F = 41.2
|May mean F = 50.6
|Jun mean F = 60.4
|Jul mean F = 69.3
|Aug mean F = 67.5
|Sep mean F = 57.5
|Oct mean F = 43.4
|Nov mean F = 32.3
|Dec mean F = 21.9
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 11.1
|Feb low F = 11.7
|Mar low F = 22.2
|Apr low F = 28.1
|May low F = 36.2
|Jun low F = 43.7
|Jul low F = 51.4
|Aug low F = 49.9
|Sep low F = 40.5
|Oct low F = 28.4
|Nov low F = 20.1
|Dec low F = 10.0
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -12.5
|Feb avg record low F = -15.3
|Mar avg record low F = -1.2
|Apr avg record low F = 10.4
|May avg record low F = 23.1
|Jun avg record low F = 34.9
|Jul avg record low F = 41.6
|Aug avg record low F = 38.5
|Sep avg record low F = 28.5
|Oct avg record low F = 12.1
|Nov avg record low F = -3.5
|Dec avg record low F = -14.2
|year avg record low F = -21.9

|Jan record low F = −35
|Feb record low F = −32
|Mar record low F = −21
|Apr record low F = -5
|May record low F = 17
|Jun record low F = 28
|Jul record low F = 33
|Aug record low F = 31
|Sep record low F = 20
|Oct record low F = -12
|Nov record low F = -28
|Dec record low F = −40
|year record low F =  

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.43
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.51
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.14
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.41
|May precipitation inch = 2.28
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.45
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.11
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.82
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.11
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.38
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.58
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.77
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 5.9
|Feb snow inch = 9.4
|Mar snow inch = 10.4
|Apr snow inch = 9.6
|May snow inch = 3.2
|Jun snow inch = trace
|Jul snow inch = trace
|Aug snow inch = trace
|Sep snow inch = 1.0
|Oct snow inch = 4.3
|Nov snow inch = 7.6
|Dec snow inch = 11.7
|year snow inch = 

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00487375&format=pdf
|title = Powder River School, Wyoming 1991-2020 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = January 5, 2024
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = XMACIS2 (records, 2009-2023 monthly max/mins & snowfall)<ref name = XMACIS>
{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS
|access-date = January 5, 2024
}}
</ref>
}}

{{Weather box
|location = Powder River No.2, Wyoming, 1991–2020 normals, 1964-2020 records: 5700ft (1737m)
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high F = 60
|Feb record high F = 65
|Mar record high F = 74
|Apr record high F = 82
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 101
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 87
|Nov record high F = 77
|Dec record high F = 63
|year record high F = 

|Jan avg record high F = 50.5
|Feb avg record high F = 53.6
|Mar avg record high F = 65.4
|Apr avg record high F = 75.1
|May avg record high F = 82.6
|Jun avg record high F = 92.6
|Jul avg record high F = 98.3
|Aug avg record high F = 95.5
|Sep avg record high F = 89.1
|Oct avg record high F = 76.3
|Nov avg record high F = 61.6
|Dec avg record high F = 50.6
|year avg record high F = 97.5

|Jan high F = 33.7
|Feb high F = 36.7
|Mar high F = 49.0
|Apr high F = 56.3
|May high F = 66.2
|Jun high F = 78.7
|Jul high F = 88.2
|Aug high F = 86.7
|Sep high F = 75.3
|Oct high F = 59.2
|Nov high F = 44.0
|Dec high F = 32.2
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 22.0
|Feb mean F = 25.0
|Mar mean F = 35.6
|Apr mean F = 42.7
|May mean F = 51.7
|Jun mean F = 62.2
|Jul mean F = 70.3
|Aug mean F = 68.8
|Sep mean F = 58.5
|Oct mean F = 44.9
|Nov mean F = 31.6
|Dec mean F = 21.5
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 10.2
|Feb low F = 13.4
|Mar low F = 22.1
|Apr low F = 29.1
|May low F = 37.3
|Jun low F = 45.6
|Jul low F = 52.3
|Aug low F = 50.9
|Sep low F = 41.8
|Oct low F = 30.6
|Nov low F = 19.3
|Dec low F = 10.8
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -10.8
|Feb avg record low F = -10.3
|Mar avg record low F = 1.3
|Apr avg record low F = 13.4
|May avg record low F = 22.5
|Jun avg record low F = 33.7
|Jul avg record low F = 40.1
|Aug avg record low F = 38.6
|Sep avg record low F = 26.7
|Oct avg record low F = 12.0
|Nov avg record low F = -4.1
|Dec avg record low F = -13.4
|year avg record low F = -21.6

|Jan record low F = −42
|Feb record low F = −31
|Mar record low F = −18
|Apr record low F = -8
|May record low F = 12
|Jun record low F = 24
|Jul record low F = 30
|Aug record low F = 18
|Sep record low F = 10
|Oct record low F = -5
|Nov record low F = -29
|Dec record low F = −45
|year record low F =  

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.26
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.38
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.69
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.99
|May precipitation inch = 2.05
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.48
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.96
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.68
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.09
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.02
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.54
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.29
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 5.1
|Feb snow inch = 6.8
|Mar snow inch = 7.3
|Apr snow inch = 5.2
|May snow inch = 1.2
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 1.3
|Oct snow inch = 5.9
|Nov snow inch = 5.6
|Dec snow inch = 3.9
|year snow inch = 

|source 1 = NOAA (1981-2010 precip/snowfall)<ref name = NOAA2>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00487376&format=pdf
|title = Powder River No.2, Wyoming 1991-2020 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = January 7, 2024
}}
</ref><ref name = NOAA3>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00487376&format=pdf
|title = Powder River No.2, Wyoming 1981-2010 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = January 7, 2024
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = XMACIS2 (records & 1981-2010 monthly max/mins)<ref name = XMACIS2>
{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS
|access-date = January 7, 2024
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 51 people, 24 households, and 13 families residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was 8.6 people per square mile (3.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 44 housing units at an average density of 7.4/sq&nbsp;mi (2.9/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 24 households, out of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.7% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.64.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 17.6% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 19.6% from 25 to 44, 39.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,804, and the median income for a family was $75,487. Males had a median income of $41,786 versus $13,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $32,782. None of the population or the families were below the [[poverty line]].

==References==
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{{Natrona County, Wyoming}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Wyoming]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Natrona County, Wyoming]]