Mead, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99021. The Survey maps it on the Mead quadrangle. 7,576 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,903 feet above sea level.
On record in Mead
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
Mount Spokane Vista Houselisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresMead grew from 7,275 to 7,576 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 | 7,275 | |
| 2020 | 7,576 | +301 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Mead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
What the histories say of this town
1,327 words1 chapter about Mead from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington | An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington (1900) | 1,327 words |
Fires near this place
447 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 447 fires within 5 miles of Mead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 20 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 ceremony | 127 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 83 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 76 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Fireworks | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PEONE |
| 8 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOT PURSUIT |
| 8 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORA'S LAST |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MAG CAMP |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | 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 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Mead: 28 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow Gulch | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Dartford | Manganese | Occurrence | 1943 | |
| Evergreen Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mead | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Mead | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Mead Reduction Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Producer | 1942 | |
| Building Supplies, Inc. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Spokane Area Clay Deposits | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Center and Perry St. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mead in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mead | 2 hurt, $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Flood | Mead | $5,000 | Flooding of private roads and on Peone Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mead | $5,000 | Broadcast media reported trees down on powerlines 3 miles northwest of Mead, WA. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mead | $3,500 | Broadcast media reported a tree blown down on a home 2 miles north of Mead, WA. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Mead | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mead | $200 | A trained spotter reported a tree branch down near near Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Mead | - | A weak, cold core tornado touched down briefly in a farm field on the outskirts of Mead. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Mead | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Mead | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Homes | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Orchard Prairie | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fairwood | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Dartford | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Colbert | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Town and Country | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hillyard | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Buckeye | 5.3 miles | 15 |
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 Mead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6008135 | 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 1512447. 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.






