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Cashmere, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cashmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98815. It stands on Brender Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cashmere quadrangle. 3,248 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 791 feet above sea level.

Cashmere within Chelan County

On record in Cashmere

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Cashmere grew from 3,063 to 3,248 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
20103,063
20203,248+185 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Cashmere between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,149 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 1 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
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks5
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBRISKY CANYON 2
9 September 2012Natural2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersL7
8 September 2012Natural40 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWILLIAMS
8 September 2012Natural1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJUDGE CANYON
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOLLALA CANYON
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTABER
3 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestHAY
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestRATTLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Cashmere: 15 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Tin. 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
Burch MtnAsbestosOccurrence
Mac Dougal CanyonPumicePast Producer
MonitorTinOccurrence
Radio ClaimsGold, SilverProspect
Riverview ProspectCopperOccurrence
Wednesday PlacerGoldPast Producer
Carey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
CashmereSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cashmere PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cashmere in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 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
July 2012Debris FlowCashmere$100,000At approximately 2000 PDT, torrential rains over the Nahahum Canyon triggered a large debris flow. One resident, located at 8566 Nahahum Canyon Road, received significant damage with minor damage noted at two other residences. Three to four feet of mud, logs, and rocks tore a hole in the side of a three-bay shop then blew out the three front doors and continued down the canyon. The mud lifted a large pickup truck a foot and a half off the ground and carried it from one side of the shop to the other. Three to four feet of mud surrounded the nearby house and filled the crawlspace. Tools and other items from the shop along with landscaping rocks from the property were strewn a half mile down the canyon.
December 1998Flash FloodCashmere$80,000An ice jam on Mission Creek in addition to rapid snow melt caused flooding from Cashmere to Entiat. Several basements of homes and structures were flooded, included a few downtown businesses in Cashmere. Portions of Highway 28 were closed. Douglas Creek also caused some minor flooding.
March 2026FloodCashmere$10,000Mission Creek flooded a residence due to debris from 2025 Labor Mountain fire burn scar causing a backup on the river. Other than this spot, creek was within its banks. Time estimated from river crest.
July 2010Heavy RainCashmere$1,000no account filed
April 2012Funnel CloudCashmere-A trained spotter observed a funnel cloud to the northwest of Wenatchee toward Cashmere. The funnel cloud lasted a few minutes before dissipating.

Every storm recorded in Chelan 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
Monitor3.7 miles14
Dryden5.0 miles17
Sunnyslope7.8 miles16
Peshastin7.9 miles17
West Wenatchee8.2 miles16
Olds8.5 miles16
Wenatchee10.9 miles16
Leavenworth11.4 miles19

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 CashmereAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1207471The 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 1517455. 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.