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Entiat, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Entiat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98822. It lies in Entiat Valley. The Survey maps it on the Entiat quadrangle. 1,326 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 800 feet above sea level.

Entiat within Chelan County

Population over time

2 figures

Entiat grew from 1,112 to 1,326 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
20101,112
20201,326+214 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Entiat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,947 acres in total. 30 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
Natural30
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2012Natural14,164 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBYRD
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSWITCHBACK
8 August 2008Natural1.5 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestMILLS CANYON
8 August 2008Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILLS
8 August 1992Arson/incendiarism20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2009Natural2.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBIRD CANYON
4 August 2010Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKEYSTONE
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestKEYSTONE POINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Entiat: 12 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Crum CanyonPerliteProspect
EntiatPumiceOccurrence
Hilltop No 1 and 2SilicaOccurrence
Lockwood and ColeTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
LovejoyGalliumOccurrence
OrondoMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
RexSilver, GoldPast ProducerPyrite
RexGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Entiat QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hollingshead QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Entiat in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 4 debris flow, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
July 2010Flash FloodEntiat$20,000no account filed
January 2009FloodEntiat$10,000no account filed
July 2019Flash FloodEntiat$5,000A Flash Flood swept across Highway 97A 4 miles north of Entiat. Water and mud was reported by local news media to be up to 2 feet deep. Two trucks were reported stuck in the mud. The road was closed for about 24 hours while highway crews worked to clear the mud and debris.
January 2023Debris FlowEntiat$500Rockslide closed US 97A at milepost 214.
March 2016Debris FlowEntiat$500Law enforcement reported several rocks on the road between mileposts 210 and 212 along highway 97A which is about 4 miles south southwest of Entiat, WA. THere were no reports of road closures.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindEntiat-Thunderstorm moved through the area around 0735 LST. The Entiat RAWS recorded a 62 MPH wind gust. No damage was reported.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEntiat-Thunderstorm wind gust reported from 4 mile NNW Entiat from Entiat RAWS sensor.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEntiat-The Entiat RAWS station reported a wind gust of 69 mph as thunderstorms moved through the area during the early morning of June 25th.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEntiat-The remote weather observing station at Entiat recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 62 mph.
May 2015HailEntiat-Report of 1.25 inch hail 22 miles northwest of Entiat, WA.
August 2014Debris FlowEntiat-A debris flow from a thunderstorm closed Highway 97 north of Orondo.
August 2013Debris FlowEntiat-Highway 97 alternate was blocked temporarily at milepost 212 due to a small mudslide.
June 1997Flash FloodEntiat-FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ON SR97A IN ENTIAT
July 2010HailEntiat-no account filed
June 2006Flash FloodEntiat-no account filed
June 2006Flash FloodEntiat-no account filed
July 2006HailEntiat-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chelan 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
Entiat (historical)1.2 miles13
Wagnersburg5.5 miles13
Winesap5.8 miles14
Farris5.9 miles14
Maplecreek8.5 miles14
Stayman8.8 miles14
Ardenvoir9.5 miles14
Sunnybank13.1 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 EntiatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1502048The 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 1519355. 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.