Deaver Wyoming Map

About Deaver, Wyoming

Deaver is a locality in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 154. The population density is 58.7 people per km². Deaver is located at 44.8886°N, 108.5979°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Deaver is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82421.

Deaver occupies a stretch of high, arid plain where the horizon pulls away in every direction to reveal a vast, unyielding sky. It lies 33.7 miles northeast of Cody, WY (from Cody, WY: bearing 42°T), and is situated 12.2 miles northeast of Powell. Polecat Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the sagebrush and alkali soil, its presence marked by the thin, shivering silver of cottonwoods that brave the persistent wind. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted edges of the Beartooth Mountains loom in the distance, a blue-gray reminder of the geological violence that shaped the surrounding earth. The light here acts with a particular clarity, stripping away artifice and leaving the landscape in sharp, honest relief, especially as the sun dips toward the Mantua Draw and casts long, violet shadows across the dry, golden grasses.

Deaver emerged from the ambitions of the early twentieth-century reclamation projects, its lifeblood tethered to the irrigation canals that transformed this patch of desert into a grid of productive sugar beet and alfalfa fields. The legacy of the Jim Bridger Trail remains etched into the collective memory of the region, a faint echo of the era when this land served as a corridor for those moving toward an uncertain future. Residents often look toward the nearby Deaver Reservoir to gauge the seasonal pulse of the water, a vital resource that dictates the pace of the local agricultural economy. While the quietude of the plains suggests a stillness, the area maintains a sturdy, work-worn character, punctuated by the occasional excursion to Cowley City Park, where the shade offers a brief, necessary reprieve from the relentless intensity of the high-altitude sun.

About This Deaver Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Deaver, Wyoming. Coordinates: 44.888562, -108.597903. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Deaver includes the ZIP code (82421), telephone area code (307), county seat of Big Horn County (Basin), and school district assignment (Big Horn County School District 1).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.