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.
Population over time
2 figuresLoomis 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 159 | |
| 2020 | 161 | +2 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Chopaka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Loomis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Loomis quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPECTACULAR |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Spokane District | NIGHTMARE |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HFC ELEVATION |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WHITE ROCK MOUNTAIN |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WHISKEY DOUBLE |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RATTLESNAKE |
| 6 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 96 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Chilson | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Copper World Extension | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Iron | Producer | 1912, 1919 | |
| Copper World Extension | Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Iron | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite | |
| Copper World Extension | Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Double Standard Group | Gold, Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| E-16 | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Gold Hill | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Gold Hill Group | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Horn Silver Arizona | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony | Producer | Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Loomis | $50,000 | Toats Creek out of its banks. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Loomis | $250 | Four roads in Loomis experienced minor flooding with water over the roadways. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loomis | - | 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loomis | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Flood | Loomis | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Loomis | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Loomis | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Loomis | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Nighthawk | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cordell | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ellisforde | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tonasket | 13.0 miles | 11 | |
| Chopaka | 13.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oroville | 13.3 miles | 15 | |
| Janis | 14.9 miles | 11 |
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 Loomis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5978779 | 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 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.





