Bellingham, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Bellingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98225. It stands on Whatcom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bellingham North quadrangle. 91,482 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 72 feet above sea level.
On record in Bellingham
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 45 shown
Aftermath Clubhouselisted 1978
Dr. William H. and Frances C. Axtell Houselisted 2012
B. P. O. E. Buildinglisted 1992
George H. Bacon Houselisted 1974
Barlow Buildinglisted 2004
Bellingham City Halllisted 2011
Bellingham Herald Buildinglisted 2013
Bellingham National Bank Buildinglisted 1983
Alfred L. Black Houselisted 1980
Daylight Buildinglisted 2004
J. J. Donovan Houselisted 1983
Eldridge Avenue Historic Districtlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresBellingham grew from 80,885 to 91,482 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 80,885 | |
| 2020 | 91,482 | +10,597 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Sumas quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Sumas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bellingham North quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Lynden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Bellingham between 1993 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CALIFORNIA STREET MAPLE |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLACKBERRY YARD |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COTTONWOOD |
| 23 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STUART RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bellingham: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Flagstone, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuckanut Bay Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Grandview | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Olivine Mill | Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Griffin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellingham in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 1 waterspout, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | South Bellingham | - | A record rainfall of 1.58 inches was set at Bellingham Airport on October 24th, breaking the old record of 0.9 set in 2001. |
| October 1997 | Waterspout | Bellingham | - | A brief waterspout was observed by a spotter, it came onshore and quickly dissipated. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Colony (historical) | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Parkview | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Birchwood | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Roosevelt | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Eureka | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Alderwood | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeway | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| South Bellingham | 2.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bellingham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q430267 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512001. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





