Deer Park, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Deer Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99006. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deer Park quadrangle. 4,383 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,123 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDeer Park grew from 3,652 to 4,383 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 | 3,652 | |
| 2020 | 4,383 | +731 (+20%) |
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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Deer Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 396 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 4 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 | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MONROE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OWENS LUMBER |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHELTER |
| 7 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DALTON |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KONA |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RAILROAD MYSTERY |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WALLBRIDGE RUCKUS |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ENOCH TWO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Deer Park: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Park | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Jansen Iron Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hazard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlett Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hansen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Park in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Deer Park | $350,000 | nws survey team concluded f1 tornado touched down and pulled up numerous times as it traveled from Pruffer and Wallbridge in se stevens county to near riverside in spokane county |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $50,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house near Deer Park. |
| July 2002 | Lightning | Deer Park | $6,000 | Lightning caused extensive damage to the electrical system of one of the wells in Deer Park's water system. |
| January 2014 | Flood | Deer Park | $1,000 | Minor urban flooding reported in and around Deer Park. Residence living on 2nd Avenue indicated water over the roadway and some water seeping into a basement of a building. Large puddles covering other roads around town, but all were passable without any closures reported. Damage costs were estimated. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $500 | A 15 feet tall maple tree with a 4 to 5 inch diameter downed from wind. Deer Park airport reported a max gust of 35 MPH. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | - | WSDOT reported multiple trees down on US 395 between the two roundabouts near Deer Park. Time estimated by radar archive. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Deer Park | - | Hail of varying sizes of dimes to half dollars reported East and Southeast of Elk. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Deer Park | - | Three quarter inch hail reported on social media. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Deer Park | - | A member of the public reported 2.5 inches of pea to marble size hail at Prufer Crosscut road in Deer Park, WA. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Deer Park | - | An amateur radio operator reported 0.75 inch hail 8 miles west of Deer Park, WA. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Deer Park | - | West Oregon Road was washed out between North Spotted Road and North Grove Road due to a plugged culvert. |
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Deer Park | - | police spotted a funnel cloud near Deer Park |
| July 1997 | Hail | Deer Park | - | 1 inch hail reported by a radio station |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Lightning | Deer Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| T Bridge Corner | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Denison | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hazard | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Grays Landing | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pocahontas Bay | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Chattaroy | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Milan | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hamann Corner | 9.0 miles | 14 |
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 Deer Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1515762 | 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 1512143. 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.






