Minnehaha, Washington
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Vancouver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98663. It lies near Cold Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Vancouver quadrangle. 11,871 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
On record in Minnehaha
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Covington Houselisted 1972 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
4 figuresMinnehaha grew from 9,661 to 11,871 between 1990 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 9,661 | |
| 2000 | 7,689 | -1,972 (-20%) |
| 2010 | 9,771 | +2,082 (+27%) |
| 2020 | 11,871 | +2,100 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 33 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.
- 1897 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Minnehaha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 166 acres | Pacific Cascade Region-DNR | FRUIT VALLEY |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHILLAPOO 5 |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHILLAPOO 4 |
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MEMORIAL HWY |
| 3 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHILLAPOO AUG 3RD |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HIGHWAY 501 |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHILLAPOO 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Minnehaha: 17 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Vancouver Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Bokemier Iron Deposit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hidden Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Howland Acres Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Wilde | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Homan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jantzen Beach | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jantzen Beach | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lower River Road Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minnehaha in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 2 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Minnehaha | - | A trained NWS Spotter reported seeing a funnel cloud in the area. |
| September 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Minnehaha | - | A trained weather spotter reported seeing a funnel cloud. |
| October 1998 | Hail | Minnehaha | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | 1.1 miles | 33 | |
| Hazel Dell | 1.1 miles | 33 | |
| Rye | 1.5 miles | 33 | |
| Vancouver | 1.6 miles | 33 | |
| Officers Row | 2.2 miles | 33 | |
| Vancouver Junction | 2.6 miles | 33 | |
| Walnut Grove | 2.7 miles | 33 | |
| Burton Homes | 3.0 miles | 33 |
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 Minnehaha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1503381 | 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 1512468. 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.











