Hockinson, Washington
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Battle Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98606. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lacamas Creek quadrangle. 6,105 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 308 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHockinson grew from 5,136 to 6,105 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,136 | |
| 2010 | 4,771 | -365 (-7%) |
| 2020 | 6,105 | +1,334 (+28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1918 USGS Troutdale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Troutdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Camas quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Camas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Camas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lacamas Creek quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Lacamas Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hockinson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 232ND AVE |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 91ST STREET |
| 23 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BAKER CREEK RD. |
| 15 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 229TH |
| 15 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLACK GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hockinson: 7 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Prairie Placer | Gold, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hanna Farm | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Crawford | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Finn Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Daybreak Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Homan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tebo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hockinson in 1 storm report in 1997: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Lightning | Hockinson | $10,000 | Lightning struck a house in Hockinson and caused a brief fire and damaged home electronics. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Prairie | 3.2 miles | 33 | |
| Scotton Corner | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Battle Ground | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kumtux | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Livingston | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Union | 4.0 miles | 33 | |
| Battle Ground West | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Venersborg | 4.1 miles | 15 |
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 Hockinson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1509120 | 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 1520828. 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.











