Frederickson, Washington
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Graham-Thrift census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98375. The Survey maps it on the Frederickson quadrangle. 24,906 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 400 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresFrederickson grew from 5,758 to 24,906 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 | 5,758 | |
| 2010 | 18,719 | +12,961 (+225%) |
| 2020 | 24,906 | +6,187 (+33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1941 USGS Tacoma South quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Tacoma South quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Frederickson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Tacoma South quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Frederickson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Frederickson between 2004 and 2019, burning about 32 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Complex | MCCALLISTER CREEK |
| 31 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROY Y |
| 11 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WHITE ROCK PIT |
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 Frederickson: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredrickson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lundblad Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Norm's Auto Wrecking Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ockfen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thun Field Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frederickson in 1 storm report in 2013: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Frederickson | $25,000 | EF1 tornado on the ground for 5 minutes or less. Path length about 1 mile. Width 75 yards. Max wind speed estimated at 110 mph. Key damage - tore off part of the roof of businesses at NW Door and again at Encon across the street, and on the Fredrickson Boeing Plant facility blew over several empty rail boxcars, knocked down a Rohn tower and several parking lot lamp posts, blew down over two dozen trees, and about a dozen vehicles with damage. |
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.
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 Frederickson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1502544 | 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 1510979. 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.










