Brinnon, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98320. It stands on Walkers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brinnon quadrangle. 907 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 56 feet above sea level.
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On record in Brinnon
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Duckabush River Bridgelisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresBrinnon grew from 803 to 907 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 803 | |
| 2010 | 797 | -6 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 907 | +110 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1936 USGS Point Misery quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Point Misery quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Brinnon quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Brinnon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Brinnon between 1992 and 2018, burning about 68 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PAYNE |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Fireworks | 12 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOT SPIT |
| 19 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
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 Brinnon: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucks Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Collins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Davies Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pierce Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Seabheck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brinnon in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Brinnon | $3,000,000 | A house was knocked off its foundation by flood waters. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Brinnon | $300,000 | Fire District 4 suffered major flood damage to Station 42, near the Duckabush River. The station is reported to be a total loss (at one point fire personnel measured more than 5 feet of water in the station with fire apparatus still inside) The loss of the station and equipment is estimated at nearly $200,000. About 6 homes in the area suffered damage. |
| February 2015 | Debris Flow | Brinnon | $150,000 | A mudslide was reported near Shorewood Road and Kelly Road in Brinnon, off Duckabush Road. The slide reportedly blocked the road and damaged five or six homes. |
| February 2015 | Flood | Brinnon | $50,000 | A National Weather Service spotter reported that 4.43 inches of rain fell in the area between 4 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. Friday. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lackawanna Beach | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Seal Rock | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Duckabush | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Coyle | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bees Mill | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Quilcene | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| East Quilcene | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Discovery | 10.7 miles | 12 |
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 Brinnon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q612805 | 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 1516959. 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.







