82224 ZIP Code
English Español
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 establishments | 3 |
|---|---|
| People employed | 10 |
| 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 risk | Higher than 85.6% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| FEMA rating | Relatively Moderate to Relatively High across the 2 census tracts this ZIP code covers |
| Expected annual loss | 80.6 out of 100 |
| Community resilience | 7.5 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 weather | 98.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Wildfire | 98.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Cold wave | 96.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Landslide | 92.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hail | 87.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Drought | 87.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| River flooding | 84.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Lightning | 82.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Earthquake | 71Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Tornado | 58.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Strong wind | 41.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Ice storm | 30.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Heat wave | 5.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Avalanche | 2.7Very 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 station | LANCE CREEK 11NNE, WY US22.2 km away |
|---|---|
| Rain in a year | 14 in |
| Snow in a year | 41 in |
Average high and low by month
| January | 36.9°F / 11.5°F0.27 in rain, 4.9 in snow |
|---|---|
| February | 39.8°F / 14.3°F0.4 in rain, 7.8 in snow |
| March | 49.3°F / 22.6°F0.75 in rain, 6.7 in snow |
| April | 57.6°F / 30.4°F2.07 in rain, 5.8 in snow |
| May | 66.5°F / 39.9°F2.74 in rain, 1.8 in snow |
| June | 79.8°F / 49.1°F2.08 in rain |
| July | 90°F / 56.6°F1.53 in rain |
| August | 87.6°F / 54.1°F1.09 in rain |
| September | 77°F / 43.9°F1.38 in rain |
| October | 60.8°F / 31.5°F1.13 in rain, 2.8 in snow |
| November | 47.6°F / 20.2°F0.55 in rain, 4.8 in snow |
| December | 37.4°F / 11.9°F0.29 in rain, 6.6 in snow |
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 supermarket | 48% of this ZIP code's area |
|---|---|
| Far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
| No vehicle and far from a supermarket | None 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 1 | 51.9% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|---|
| Niobrara County School District 1 | 48.1% 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 vulnerability | 33more vulnerable than 33% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| Socioeconomic status | 43more vulnerable than 43% of US census tracts |
| Household characteristics | 26more vulnerable than 26% of US census tracts |
| Racial and ethnic minority status | 15more vulnerable than 15% of US census tracts |
| Housing type and transport | 43more vulnerable than 43% of US census tracts |
| Walkability | 5.1 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, WY | 12.7 km away |
|---|---|
| 82227 Manville, WY | 35.6 km away |
| 82229 Shawnee, WY | 37 km away |
| 82225 Lusk, WY | 40.9 km away |
| 82633 Douglas, WY | 57.1 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 County | 51.9% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|---|
| Niobrara County | 48.1% of this ZIP code's land area |
| Time zone | Mountain (UTC-07:00 standard) |
| Daylight saving time | Observed |
| Land area | 102.2 sq mi |
| Water area | 0.02 sq mi |
| Latitude, longitude | 43.0421, -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.