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Brewster, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Brewster-Wakefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98812. It stands on Swamp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brewster quadrangle. 1,983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Brewster within Okanogan County

On record in Brewster

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Brewster fell from 2,370 to 1,983 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,370
20201,983-387 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Brewster between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,711 acres in total. 13 started naturally. None was 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresOkanogan County Fire DistrictsMONSE
24 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROLLING HILL
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersINDIAN DAN CANYON
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSpokane DistrictCASTLE ROCK
12 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution87 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBREWSTER FLAT
9 August 1996Fireworks9.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
31 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPATEROS DRAW
29 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColville AgencyBREW BRIDG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Brewster: 9 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Gold, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BrewsterStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
BrewsterMicaUnknown
Godbey Red E MixLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Cassimer Bar PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Cassimer Bar PlacerGoldUnknown
BrewsterGraniteProspectGranite
Pateros QuarriesGraniteProspectGranite
Pateros QuarryGranitePast Producer
Brewster Red-E-Mix Concrete CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brewster Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brewster in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBrewster$100,000Damage to orchards and buildings in area
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBrewster$10,00066 mph gust from spotter. Many trees down
April 2018Debris FlowBrewster$3,000Paradise Road Hill was rendered impassable due to water and mud over the roadway. The road was opened by noon the next day.
July 2016Flash FloodBrewster$1,000A member of the public reported roadway washed out on SR 97 on Indian Dan Canyon Road which is approximately 4 miles west northwest of Brewster, WA.
June 2011HailBrewster-Hail size, location, and crop damage were estimated.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Half-inch diameter hail.
April 1998HailBrewster-1 inch hail

Every storm recorded in Okanogan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Virginia City (historical)0.4 miles12
Thompson (historical)3.4 miles12
Monse6.3 miles12
Pateros7.2 miles13
Wakefield8.2 miles12
Paradise Hill8.3 miles13
Ophir8.5 miles12
Starr8.7 miles9

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 BrewsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1506880The 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 1516938. 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.