Morton, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Morton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98356. It stands on Connelly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morton quadrangle. 1,036 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMorton fell from 1,126 to 1,036 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 | 1,126 | |
| 2020 | 1,036 | -90 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1937 USGS Eatonville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Morton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Morton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Morton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Morton between 1993 and 2019, burning about 169 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Smoking | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | DAVIS LAKE FIRE |
| 30 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MINERAL HEIGHTS |
| 25 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VIEWPOINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Morton: 14 occurrences, 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chehalis Valley | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Morton | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Morton | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Morton A and B | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Chesser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lindberg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Apex | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nesika | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Riffe (historical) | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kosmos (historical) | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Alta Vista | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Glenoma | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Swofford | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bremer | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ajlune | 9.0 miles | 16 |
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 Morton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1023524 | 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 1523383. 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.








