Clayton, Washington
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Loon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99110. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. 420 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,254 feet above sea level.
On record in Clayton
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
Clayton Schoollisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresClayton fell from 443 to 420 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 | 443 | |
| 2020 | 420 | -23 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1944 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Clayton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SUNSET BAY |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WALLBRIDGE RUCKUS |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ENOCH TWO |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 930 |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 51 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BELLSTAR |
| 18 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPRING CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Clayton: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Conner | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Deer Park | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Jansen Iron Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Conner Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Olson Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| A. B. Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Carpenter | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayton in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 dust devil, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Flood | Clayton | $1,600,000 | Periods of heavy rain and snow melt produces numerous road closures due to flooding and debris flows in Stevens County through the second half of March. Extensive flooding of fields near the Colville River occurred. The fire station at Hunters was closed due to flooding. Near Northport a lane of flooded road collapsed under a driver, who escaped unharmed. The most notable road closure was Highway 395 near Colville which is a major route through the county. This road remained closed through the end of the month with extensive repairs needed which could not be started until soil conditions dried out.||Stevens county was included in a Washington State State of Emergency declaration as a result of the damage caused by this episode. |
| May 2011 | Dust Devil | Clayton | $3,000 | A resident located southwest of Clayton, WA sustained minor damage to her trailer when a strong dust devil moved across her property. The dust devil ripped siding off of both sides of her trailer. The siding landed in her neighbors horse pasture. It also picked up her trampoline and threw it several feet. There were no injuries. Damage costs were estimated. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Clayton | - | A thunderstorm produced 1/2 inch hail with isolated 3/4 inch diameter hailstones near the town of Clayton, Washington. |
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.
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 Clayton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5130160 | 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 1504000. 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.





