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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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Colville within Stevens County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Colville 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,673
20204,917+244 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

177 since 1992

Regional 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 burning56
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony21
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Other causes3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCKY RESPONSE
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBURNING COLE
5 September 1995Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution8.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersORIN FRIED RICE
27 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
George W RoseStone, DimensionUnknown
McmillianTungstenOccurrence
Rocky LakeMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Rocky LakeMolybdenum, Copper, Gold, SilverProspect
Colville Valley Concrete CoLimestone, DimensionProducer
Tulare QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Aladdin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Colville Valley Concrete Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dept of HwysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept. of HwysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004Flash FloodColville$438,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindColville$10,000trees reported blown down on Aladdin Road.
June 1999Heavy RainColville$5,000Over 1.75" of rain fell in a 12 hour period.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindColville$5,000trees and power lines blown down across roads.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindColville$500Wind uprooted large tree.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindColville-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 2015Thunderstorm WindColville-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 2004Thunderstorm WindColville-A thunderstorm near Colville created wind gusts that knocked down several trees. No structural damage was reported.
June 1997HailColville-1 inch hail
May 1996Heavy RainColville-no account filed
April 1996Flash FloodColville-no account filed
May 1996HailColville-no account filed
May 1996HailColville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stevens 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
Pinkney City2.5 miles13
Orin3.8 miles10
Arden6.2 miles10
Echo7.1 miles12
Ward7.4 miles12
Greenwood8.0 miles12
Kettle Falls9.1 miles12
East Marcus11.2 miles12

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 ColvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2601326The 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.