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Dayton, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99328. It lies near Johnson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Dayton quadrangle. 2,448 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.

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Dayton within Columbia County

On record in Dayton

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 12 of 18 shown

Every listing in Columbia County

Population over time

2 figures

Dayton fell from 2,526 to 2,448 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
20102,526
20202,448-78 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Dayton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 918 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
25 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBMIDC 1010 - SOUTH TOUCHEE
26 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColumbia County Fire DistrictsINC 994
2 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined800 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 August 2014Arson/incendiarism7.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBMIDC INC 995
12 August 2014Natural100 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBMIDC INC 914 - CORRAL HOLLOW
18 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMUSTARD HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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 Dayton: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
DaytonClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gaines QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patit Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dayton in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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
January 2000Tornado (F1)Dayton$100,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDayton$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees on power lines and at least one house.
March 2026FloodDayton-The Columbia County Emergency Managers office reported flooding of residences and water over roadways in the town of Dayton the morning of the 14th. Drone footage over Dayton taken on the 14th showed the Touchet river overflowing it's banks into numerous properties adjacent to the river, with flooding also along the Patit Creek that runs through the northern portion of Dayton.
February 2020FloodDayton-The North Fork and main Fork of the Touchet River as well as Coppei Creek and the Tuccanon River saw major flooding with numerous roads, bridges and home affected. 19 roads were closed, 21 bridges have moderate to severe damage, 144 homes were damaged and over 500 minor structures ( culverts, smaller bridges) affected. No dollar estimate at this time.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDayton-Trees and powerlines down in Dayton.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindDayton-Trees and power lines down.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindDayton-Trees and power lines down.
June 2012HailDayton-Hail damaged window covers on truck.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindDayton-Dayton Middle School recorded a gust to 59 mph.
July 1998Heavy RainDayton-Up to two inches of rain fell in 45 minutes. Flooding was reported along Patit Creek. Water washed out nearby roads and mudslides covered some roads with as much as three inches of mud. 1/2 inch hail also fell.
September 2013Flash FloodDayton-no account filed
August 2001LightningDayton-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindDayton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Baileysburg2.0 miles14
Long3.6 miles10
Ronan3.8 miles14
Dumas5.3 miles10
Patit6.0 miles16
Whetstone6.2 miles13
Varna6.3 miles10
Mountain Home Park7.3 miles14

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 DaytonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q925426The 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 1504356. 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.