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82224 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 82224 covers Lost Springs, Wyoming.

Time zone
Mountain UTC-07:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
3

Where 82224 is

Lost Springs, Wyoming — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments3
People employed10
Annual payroll$596,000
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 85.6% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate to Relatively High across the 2 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss80.6 out of 100
Community resilience7.5 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Winter weather98.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire98.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave96.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide92.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail87.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought87.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding84.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning82.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake71Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado58.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind41.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm30.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave5.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche2.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationLANCE CREEK 11NNE, WY US22.2 km away
Rain in a year14 in
Snow in a year41 in

Average high and low by month

January36.9°F / 11.5°F0.27 in rain, 4.9 in snow
February39.8°F / 14.3°F0.4 in rain, 7.8 in snow
March49.3°F / 22.6°F0.75 in rain, 6.7 in snow
April57.6°F / 30.4°F2.07 in rain, 5.8 in snow
May66.5°F / 39.9°F2.74 in rain, 1.8 in snow
June79.8°F / 49.1°F2.08 in rain
July90°F / 56.6°F1.53 in rain
August87.6°F / 54.1°F1.09 in rain
September77°F / 43.9°F1.38 in rain
October60.8°F / 31.5°F1.13 in rain, 2.8 in snow
November47.6°F / 20.2°F0.55 in rain, 4.8 in snow
December37.4°F / 11.9°F0.29 in rain, 6.6 in snow
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Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket48% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Converse County School District 151.9% of this ZIP code's land area
Niobrara County School District 148.1% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability33more vulnerable than 33% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status43more vulnerable than 43% of US census tracts
Household characteristics26more vulnerable than 26% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status15more vulnerable than 15% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport43more vulnerable than 43% of US census tracts
Walkability5.1 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

82222 Lance Creek, WY12.7 km away
82227 Manville, WY35.6 km away
82229 Shawnee, WY37 km away
82225 Lusk, WY40.9 km away
82633 Douglas, WY57.1 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Converse County51.9% of this ZIP code's land area
Niobrara County48.1% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneMountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area102.2 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq mi
Latitude, longitude43.0421, -104.7973

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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