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.
Population over time
2 figuresGranger 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,246 | |
| 2020 | 3,624 | +378 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1910 USGS Zillah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Granger quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Granger quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Toppenish quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 1660 INDIAN SHAKER CHURCH |
| 2 September 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Yakama Agency | HWY 22 CORNFIELD |
| 19 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge | GAMBLE DIT |
| 27 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Yakama Agency | MILE MARKER 8 |
| 27 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Yakama Agency | SR 22 MM 14 |
| 24 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Yakama Agency | TULE & PLANK |
| 18 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOWER |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 702 acres | Yakama Agency | TULE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Granger Clay Products Co. | Clay, Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Snipes Mountain | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Top Snipes Mountain | Silica | Prospect | ||
| W.I. Wendt | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Granger Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Emerald Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Granger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Luther Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2003 | Wildfire | Granger | - | 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. |
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 Granger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1503906 | 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 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.






