Hamilton, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lyman-Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98284. It stands on Cumberland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton quadrangle. 299 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 95 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHamilton fell from 301 to 299 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 | 301 | |
| 2020 | 299 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS Mt Baker quadrangle1:192000
- 1909 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Mt. Baker Dist quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Mt. Baker quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | O'TOOLE CREEK |
| 24 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SUNSET 17 |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | 15 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PINELLI |
| 26 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHAMOME |
| 20 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 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 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton: 4 unknowns, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Claims | Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1881 | |
| Hamilton Iron Deposit | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Sulfur | Prospect | 1881 | |
| Hamilton Mill | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Last Chance Mine | Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Lyman | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Lyman | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle | Manganese | Prospect | 1956 | |
| Hamilton | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Hamilton | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Katie | Manganese | Prospect |
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 Hamilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q958611 | 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 1520479. 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.










