Eschbach, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Northwest Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98908. It lies near Upper Naches Valley. The Survey maps it on the Naches quadrangle. 441 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,296 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresEschbach grew from 400 to 441 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 | 400 | |
| 2010 | 415 | +15 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 441 | +26 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Naches quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Eschbach between 1999 and 2019, burning about 2,901 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 July 2019 | Natural | 15 acres | Spokane District | ROCKY TOP |
| 27 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,806 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH WENAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Eschbach: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleed | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Naches River | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Selah | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Selah No. 1 | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Yakima | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| S. Naches Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Selah Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Summit View Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleed | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Weikel | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Brace | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cowiche | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Holtzinger | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Summitview | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fruitvale | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Selah | 5.5 miles | 16 |
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 Eschbach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1508449 | 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 1510947. 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.





