Leavenworth, Washington
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Leavenworth-Lake Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98826. It stands on Chumstick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leavenworth quadrangle. 2,263 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.
On record in Leavenworth
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 7 records
Chatter Creek Guard Stationlisted 1986
Lake Wenatchee Residence No. 1200listed 1991
Leavenworth Ranger Stationlisted 1986
Leavenworth Ski Hill Historic Districtlisted 2013
Penstock Bridgelisted 1982- Leavenworth National Fish Hatcherylisted 1998
- Sugarloaf Peak Lookoutlisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresLeavenworth grew from 1,965 to 2,263 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 | 1,965 | |
| 2020 | 2,263 | +298 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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 Chiwaukum quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Chiwaukum quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 2003 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Leavenworth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,040 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | POSEY |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOUNDARY BUTTE |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | ICICLE RIDGE A |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | TUMWATER |
| 13 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | TUMWATER |
| 13 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | DERBY |
| 9 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | 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 Leavenworth: 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Gold, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Republican | Niobium (Columbium), Cobalt, Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Leavenworth | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Leavenworth Placer | Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Redmon Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tumwater Canyon | Mica, Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Iclce Creek | Asbestos | Prospect | ||
| Leavenworth | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Leavenworth | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Leavenworth Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Mill Creek | Asbestos | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leavenworth in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 4 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 debris flow, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Leavenworth | $40,000 | Flash flooding and debris on Fourth of July Creek above Icicle Creek closed off National Park Road 76. Many campers were stranded above where the flash flood occurred until the road was cleared of debris. Damage costs were estimated. |
| January 2021 | Debris Flow | Leavenworth | $20,000 | A hillside along State Route 2 began slowly sliding, striking the Department of Transportation guardrail, and partially blocked the eastbound lane. The mudslide was triggered by already saturated soil and wet snow. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Leavenworth | $10,000 | A blocked railroad culvert resulted in water flooding out onto Chumstick Highway near Freund Canyon about 1.3 miles north of Leavenworth. The water was about a foot deep across the road for a brief period resulting in its closure. Parts of the road were damaged by the flowing water. |
| January 2015 | Flood | Leavenworth | - | Newspaper posted two photos and narrative on their Facebook page showing a structure used to store rafting equipment being flooded. Comments to the post note that the flooding is from rain, slush and melting snow and ice as the structure is in a natural depression near a mountain. |
| December 2015 | Debris Flow | Leavenworth | - | An emergency manager reported a mudslide on SR-2 just west of Leavenworth, WA. The road was closed and the flow was estimated at 10 feet deep. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Leavenworth | - | Very heavy rain led to flooding on Icicle Creek near Icicle Island. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Leavenworth | - | Very heavy rain led to rapid rises on the Wenatchee River, with major flooding of fields on East Leavenworth Road. |
| January 2009 | Heavy Rain | Leavenworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Leavenworth | - | 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.
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 Leavenworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1025813 | 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 1521981. 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.






