Cliffdell, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Northwest Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98937. The Survey maps it on the Cliffdell quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,487 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCliffdell grew from 104 to 114 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 | 104 | |
| 2020 | 114 | +10 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1902 USGS Mount Aix quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Mount Aix quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Mt Aix quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Cliffdell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Rainier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Cliffdell quadrangle1:24000
- 2000 USGS Cliffdell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Cliffdell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,450 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | GOLD CREEK SPRING |
| 6 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | DEVIL CREEK |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LITTLE NACHES |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | SWAMP |
| 3 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | HORSE TAIL |
| 28 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILK |
| 28 September 1993 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LILY POND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cliffdell: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cliffdell in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | Flood | Cliffdell | - | Naches near Clifdell- Flood stage is 31.0 feet. The river rose above flood stage on February 7th, 4am, crested at 31.4 feet on February 7th at 1145 am, then fell below flood stage on February 7th at 1130 pm. Minor flooding was observed in low areas along river. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Cliffdell | - | Flooding closed sections of Highway 410 and other roads along the Naches River from Cliffdell to Yakima. High water and large debris damaged bridges. The Naches River crested at 20.4 on May 15th, which was 3.4 feet above flood stage. At Cliffdell, the river crested at 32.2 feet on May 15th, which was 1.3 feet above normal. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Cliffdell | - | The Naches River near Cliffdell crested at 31.07 feet on May 18. Flood stage near Cliffdell is 31.0 feet. The Naches River near Naches crested at 18.25 feet on May 18. Flood stage at Naches is 17 feet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinecliff | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| American River | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Nile | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Goose Prairie | 11.1 miles | 19 | |
| Cougar Valley | 16.1 miles | 15 | |
| Wenas | 16.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rimrock | 19.7 miles | 19 | |
| Silver Beach | 22.6 miles | 19 |
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 Cliffdell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5132822 | 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 1517860. 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.









