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Loomis, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98827. It lies near Tunnel Flat. The Survey maps it on the Loomis quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,316 feet above sea level.

Loomis within Okanogan County

Population over time

2 figures

Loomis grew from 159 to 161 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
2010159
2020161+2 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Loomis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,281 acres in total. 52 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
Natural52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPECTACULAR
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictNIGHTMARE
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHFC ELEVATION
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWHITE ROCK MOUNTAIN
6 August 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWHISKEY DOUBLE
6 August 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRATTLESNAKE
6 August 1997Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 96 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 96 workings within 5 miles of Loomis: 44 unknowns, 24 occurrences, 17 past producers, 7 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
BaltimoreGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
ChilsonLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperUnknown
Copper World ExtensionCopper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, IronProducer1912, 1919
Copper World ExtensionGold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, IronPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
Copper World ExtensionCopper, Tungsten, Silver, GoldUnknown
Double Standard GroupGold, Copper, IronOccurrencePyrite
E-16Lead, ZincUnknown
Gold HillGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
Gold Hill GroupGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Horn Silver ArizonaSilver, Gold, Copper, AntimonyProducerCerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loomis in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Flash FloodLoomis$50,000Toats Creek out of its banks.
April 2018FloodLoomis$250Four roads in Loomis experienced minor flooding with water over the roadways.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLoomis-The Aeneas RAWS station reported southwest winds of 37 mph sustained with a gust of 64 mph as a cold front passed through the region.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLoomis-no account filed
May 2006FloodLoomis-no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodLoomis-no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodLoomis-no account filed
July 2006HailLoomis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okanogan 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
Enterprise6.2 miles11
Nighthawk10.1 miles11
Cordell12.1 miles13
Ellisforde12.5 miles13
Tonasket13.0 miles11
Chopaka13.2 miles11
Oroville13.3 miles15
Janis14.9 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 LoomisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5978779The 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 1522442. 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.