Deming, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98244. It stands on Mitchell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deming quadrangle. 339 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 220 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresDeming grew from 210 to 339 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 210 | |
| 2010 | 353 | +143 (+68%) |
| 2020 | 339 | -14 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1919 USGS Van Zandt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Van Zandt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1972 USGS Deming quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Deming between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 1995 | Fireworks | 50 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | MCKAYCAR |
| 1 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH DYKE TIRE |
| 1 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NIGHT RIDER |
| 4 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Puget Sound Agency | WEXLA |
| 30 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MARLBORO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Deming: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Creek Graphite Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Hope Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Deming Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nooksack River Sandstone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Welcome Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bengen Farms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Loggers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Meuer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nugent's Bridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Siper Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deming in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2012: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Flood | Deming | $250,000 | Record flooding occurred on the Cowlitz, Nooksack, Puyallup, Nisqually, |Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Carbon, Snoqualmie, and Bogachiel. Major flooding occurred on the Tolt, Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, and White rivers. Other rivers flooding were the Satsop, Cedar, Wynoochee, Elwha, Deschutes, Dungeness, Skookumchuck, and Chehalis. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deming | $1,000 | Damage survey indicated strong thunderstorm wind damage. A number of tree limbs and a few trees blown down. One power line was down near the junction of state route 9 and state route 542 east of Deming. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Van Zandt | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Nugents Corner | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Kulshan | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cedarville | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Clipper | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lawrence | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Nooksack Salmon Hatchery | 6.3 miles | 11 |
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 Deming | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1508405 | 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 1518670. 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.




