Green Bluff, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Colbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99005. It sits by Green Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Mead quadrangle. 697 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,290 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGreen Bluff fell from 761 to 697 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 | 761 | |
| 2020 | 697 | -64 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Mead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Green Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 280 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 11 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 | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIDGEWAY STRIKE |
| 8 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORA'S LAST |
| 8 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CLOVER PARK CAMEL |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
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 Green Bluff: 15 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deadman Creek | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Evergreen Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gladding, Mcbean Silica Quarry | Silica, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Mead | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Noyd | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Spokane Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Building Supplies, Inc. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Fuher Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Spokane Area Clay Deposits | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Bluff in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Green Bluff | $25,000 | State Route 206 was undercut by Deadman Creek at mile post 14.5, which forced a temporary closure of the road. Only damage that occurred was along the shoulder of the roadway. Damage costs were estimated. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Bluff | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peone | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Colbert | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Buckeye | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mead | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Chattaroy | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Orchard Prairie | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hamann Corner | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Dartford | 8.2 miles | 14 |
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 Green Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475183 | 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 1512254. 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.






