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Kendall, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the East Whatcom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98266. It lies near Columbia Valley. The Survey maps it on the Kendall quadrangle. 769 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 443 feet above sea level.

Kendall within Whatcom County

Population over time

3 figures

Kendall grew from 158 to 769 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.

YearPeople Change
2000158
2010191+33 (+21%)
2020769+578 (+303%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Kendall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
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
8 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPARADISE LOST
8 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRED MOUNTAIN 2
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLOST
19 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUMAS MTN
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDILLBERRY RD
8 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Kendall: 14 occurrences, 13 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia Cement Co. Quartz DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897
Copper King ProspectQuartz, Gold, CopperPast Producer1897
Nicolay SpurClayOccurrence
Saar Creek Sandstone OccurrenceSilicaOccurrence
Sumas Mountain Olivine DepositMagnesiteOccurrence
Copper KingCopperProspect
HyattCopperUnknown
PostFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Sumas Clay MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hope PlacerGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Whatcom 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
Nooksack Salmon Hatchery1.4 miles11
Balford1.4 miles11
Peaceful Valley1.6 miles11
Limestone Junction2.9 miles11
Maple Falls3.2 miles10
Columbia3.7 miles11
Kulshan5.5 miles11
Welcome5.7 miles11

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 KendallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1508210The 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 1521606. 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.