Sweetwater County, WY Commercial Kitchen Trailers for Rent

Emergencies that shaped recovery needs near Sweetwater County

OpenFEMA lists 2 disaster declarations that include Sweetwater County, going back to 1977. The most frequent incident types were severe storms (1 declaration) and drought (1 declaration). Rock Springs has a page of its own with the federal declarations for its county, useful when one project crosses the line.

The most recent is Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides (major disaster declaration, DR-4007), declared July 22, 2011, with the incident beginning May 18, 2011. Severe storms interrupt power, roads and deliveries together, which is hard on any operation that serves meals on a schedule. Before that came Drought (EM-3043, June 15, 1977).

Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 47 county-based event records for Sweetwater County; high-wind and thunderstorm events account for 42 of them, flood events for 5. NOAA's largest reported property loss there is $750,000, from a flash flood in July 2021. High wind rarely wrecks a kitchen directly. It cuts the power to it, and the walk-in cooler is the first thing to suffer.

The National Interagency Fire Center maps 1 wildfire of 1,000 acres or more that started in Sweetwater County since 2016, together covering about 7,632 acres. The largest was the Richard Mtn fire in 2020, at 7,632 acres. Smoke, evacuations and power shutoffs can close kitchens and spoil stock even when the flames never reach the building.

FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.

Major construction near Sweetwater County

USASpending.gov lists 3 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in Sweetwater County since October 2021, worth about $18 million together. In April 2021, the Department of the Interior awarded a $15 million contract for “Big Sandy Dam Reservoir Enlargement” in Sweetwater County, with work running to November 2023 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $2.2 million Department of Transportation contract, “Electrical Line Distribution Installation at Rock Springs, WY (RKS) Eld,” starting May 2022 in Sweetwater County (award record). The Department of the Interior committed $649,000 to “Wild Horse and Burro Working Chute Building Design-Build” in Sweetwater County, awarded July 2022 (award record). Crews on projects like this rarely have a restaurant nearby, which is the case for cooking on site with a rented kitchen and a dishwashing trailer. A project in Green River, about 11,474 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.

Renovation projects that close kitchens in Sweetwater County

No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Sweetwater County. The nearest is in Daggett County, about 62 miles away. Another public record is “Flaming Gorge Power Plant Roof Replacement,” a $723,000 Department of the Interior contract from September 2022 in Daggett County (award record). Renovations like this are the usual reason an institution leases a mobile kitchen, because the permanent one cannot run while the work is under way. A remodel in Rock Springs would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.

Emergency access and staging near Sweetwater County

Public emergency operations in Wyoming are coordinated by the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security (WOHS), with county emergency managers handling local response. Staging areas and access routes for disaster response are published by those agencies and can change, so this page does not draw a route. Staging and access details differ again in Green River, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.

Local rental costs in Sweetwater County

Price depends on the model, the rental period, delivery and setup requirements and the utilities on site. Starting prices for kitchens near Sweetwater County include the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995, the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995, and prices may vary. See the equipment pages for dishwashing and refrigeration. Rock Springs is quoted on the same factors, but a different address can change delivery and setup terms.

Starting prices are guides, and prices may vary with location, rental length, delivery, setup and utilities. A written quote states the equipment, the rental period and what is included.