Colville, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Colville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99114. It lies near Church Flat. The Survey maps it on the Colville quadrangle. 4,917 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,614 feet above sea level.
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On record in Colville
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 8 records
Collins Buildinglisted 1998
Colville Flour Milllisted 1995
Keller Houselisted 1979
Opera House and I. O. O. F. Lodgelisted 1997
Rickey Blocklisted 1995
US Post Office-Colville Mainlisted 1991
Colburn T. Winslow Houselisted 1990- H. M. McCauley Houselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresColville grew from 4,673 to 4,917 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 | 4,673 | |
| 2020 | 4,917 | +244 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Colville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Colville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Colville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Colville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 7 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 | 56 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKY RESPONSE |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BURNING COLE |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ORIN FRIED RICE |
| 27 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Colville: 11 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W Rose | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mcmillian | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Rocky Lake | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Rocky Lake | Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Colville Valley Concrete Co | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Tulare Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Aladdin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Colville Valley Concrete Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dept of Hwys | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept. of Hwys | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colville in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Colville | $438,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | $10,000 | trees reported blown down on Aladdin Road. |
| June 1999 | Heavy Rain | Colville | $5,000 | Over 1.75" of rain fell in a 12 hour period. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | $5,000 | trees and power lines blown down across roads. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | $500 | Wind uprooted large tree. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | - | An emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down along highway 20 east of Colville. Numerous people were stranded at Flodelle Campground due to the fallen trees. Time was based off radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | - | An emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down along highway 20 east of Colville, WA. Highway 20 closed from milepost 360 at Artman Gibson Road to milepost 379 at Beaver Lodge. It was reported that 5 to 6 homes were damaged by toppled trees. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colville | - | A thunderstorm near Colville created wind gusts that knocked down several trees. No structural damage was reported. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Colville | - | 1 inch hail |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Colville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Flash Flood | Colville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Colville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Colville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkney City | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Orin | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Arden | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Echo | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ward | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Greenwood | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Kettle Falls | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| East Marcus | 11.2 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 Colville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2601326 | 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 1517983. 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.






