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Granger, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sunnyside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98932. The Survey maps it on the Granger quadrangle. 3,624 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.

Granger within Yakima County

Population over time

2 figures

Granger grew from 3,246 to 3,624 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
20103,246
20203,624+378 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Granger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,733 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Fireworks6
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama Agency1660 INDIAN SHAKER CHURCH
2 September 2012Smoking2.0 acresYakama AgencyHWY 22 CORNFIELD
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresToppenish National Wildlife RefugeGAMBLE DIT
27 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreYakama AgencyMILE MARKER 8
27 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreYakama AgencySR 22 MM 14
24 August 2017Arson/incendiarism11 acresYakama AgencyTULE & PLANK
18 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTOWER
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined702 acresYakama AgencyTULE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Granger: 13 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
SunnysideSemiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Granger Clay Products Co.Clay, BentonitePast Producer
Snipes MountainSilicaOccurrence
Top Snipes MountainSilicaProspect
W.I. WendtClayPast Producer
Granger PitBentonitePast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositBentonitePast Producer
Emerald PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Granger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Luther PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yakima County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granger in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 wildfire. 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
October 2003WildfireGranger-Strong winds contributed to the growth of a 150 acre fire along Indian Church Road south of Granger, which threatened several homes. Fire crews were able to save the homes from fire damage. The fire was ignited by sparks from a prior burn that wasn't fully extinguished.

Every storm recorded in Yakima 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
Nass2.2 miles12
Liberty2.4 miles12
Alfalfa2.9 miles12
Outlook5.1 miles12
Satus5.3 miles12
Zillah5.7 miles13
Emerald6.2 miles12
Toppenish6.9 miles13

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 GrangerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1503906The 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 1505218. 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.