Goldendale, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Goldendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98620. It stands on Bloodgood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goldendale quadrangle. 3,453 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,637 feet above sea level.
On record in Goldendale
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
Goldendale Free Public Librarylisted 1982
Maryhilllisted 1974
Charles Newell Houselisted 1977
Stonehenge Memoriallisted 2021- Klickitat County Courthouselisted 2014
Population over time
2 figuresGoldendale grew from 3,407 to 3,453 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 | 3,407 | |
| 2020 | 3,453 | +46 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Goldendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ORCHARD HEIGHTS |
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HARPER SPRINGS |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EAST PONDEROSA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Goldendale: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldendale | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Red Rock Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Riley Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Buttes | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pipeline Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gorge Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stultz Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goldendale in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Lightning | Goldendale | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Goldendale | - | Heavy rainfall accompanied the hail with totals of 2.5 to 3 inches in the same location. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Goldendale | - | A farmer located 4 miles south of Satus Pass reported crop damage due to hail as well as some erosion from heavy rain. Lightning also damaged a sprinkler pump. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blockhouse | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Centerville | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Firwood | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Maryhill | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Warwick | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 12.2 miles | 10 | |
| Towal | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Gooseneck | 13.2 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 Goldendale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q999955 | 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 1505168. 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.





