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Coupeville, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Central Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98239. It lies near Ebeys Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Coupeville quadrangle. 1,942 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Coupeville within Island County

On record in Coupeville

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 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Coupeville grew from 1,723 to 1,942 between 2000 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
20001,723
20101,831+108 (+6%)
20201,942+111 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Coupeville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 56 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning12
Fireworks11
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
7 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Coupeville: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coupeville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Good Beach PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harrington Lagoon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Island County Road Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Keystone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Libbey-Didco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Penn Cove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Prairie Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Island 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
Dean Manor0.2 miles10
Sunset Terrace0.7 miles10
Captains Choice0.8 miles10
Prairie Center0.8 miles10
Penn Cove Park1.5 miles10
Port Arthur (historical)1.6 miles10
San de Fuca2.2 miles10
Ebeys Landing2.3 miles10

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 CoupevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1513976The 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 1512119. 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.