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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.

Minnehaha within Clark County

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.

Population over time

4 figures

Minnehaha 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.

YearPeople Change
19909,661
20007,689-1,972 (-20%)
20109,771+2,082 (+27%)
202011,871+2,100 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 33 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

36 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined166 acresPacific Cascade Region-DNRFRUIT VALLEY
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO 5
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO 4
7 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEMORIAL HWY
3 August 2020Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO AUG 3RD
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHIGHWAY 501
25 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Vancouver Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Bokemier Iron DepositIronProspect
Hidden Brick CoClayPast Producer
Howland Acres ProspectIronOccurrenceLimonite
WildeClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Homan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jantzen BeachSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jantzen BeachSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lower River Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2019Funnel CloudMinnehaha-A trained NWS Spotter reported seeing a funnel cloud in the area.
September 2019Funnel CloudMinnehaha-A trained weather spotter reported seeing a funnel cloud.
October 1998HailMinnehaha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Hidden1.1 miles33
Hazel Dell1.1 miles33
Rye1.5 miles33
Vancouver1.6 miles33
Officers Row2.2 miles33
Vancouver Junction2.6 miles33
Walnut Grove2.7 miles33
Burton Homes3.0 miles33

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 MinnehahaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1503381The 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.