Millwood, Washington
19 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 99212. The Survey maps it on the Spokane NE quadrangle. 1,881 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,972 feet above sea level.
On record in Millwood
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 2 records
Millwood Historic Districtlisted 2001- West Valley High Schoollisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresMillwood grew from 1,786 to 1,881 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 | 1,786 | |
| 2020 | 1,881 | +95 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Spokane NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Spokane NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Spokane NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Spokane NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
392 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Millwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,857 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 48 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 | 139 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOT PURSUIT |
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MIRABEAU RIVER |
| 5 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ESMERALDA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Millwood: 31 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Granite. 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 | ||
| Empire Granite Quarry | Granite, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dishman | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Mead | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Spokane Silica Sand Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Center and Perry St. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Havana and 10th Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millwood in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 2 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Lightning | Millwood | $15,000 | Lightning struck the roof of an apartment building north of the intersection of Sprague and Argonne, igniting a fire that burned a 6-by-22 foot hole in the roof of the apartment. The residents of the apartment escaped without injury. |
| August 2016 | Lightning | Millwood | $5,000 | A NWS Employee reported that a home in the Spokane Valley of Spokane, WA was damaged by a lightning strike. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Millwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Park | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Orchard Avenue | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hutton Settlement | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dishman | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Irwin | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Orchard Park | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Spokane Valley | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| East Spokane | 2.6 miles | 19 |
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 Millwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1505556 | 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 1512466. 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.








