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Langley, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Whidbey Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98260. The Survey maps it on the Langley quadrangle. 1,147 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 89 feet above sea level.

Langley within Island County

On record in Langley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Langley grew from 1,035 to 1,147 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,035
20201,147+112 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Langley between 1992 and 2018, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1994Other causes2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLABYRINTH
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLONE LAKE RD
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
10 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMINOR CAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Langley: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gedney Hat Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Veit Asphalt Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Island 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
Pebble Beach2.1 miles14
Midvale Corner3.3 miles25
Bay View3.7 miles14
Tyee Beach3.8 miles14
Mabana3.8 miles14
Saratoga3.9 miles14
Bells Beach4.2 miles14
Camp Diana4.7 miles14

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 LangleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1011590The 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 1512376. 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.