Naches, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Northwest Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98937. The Survey maps it on the Naches quadrangle. 1,084 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,473 feet above sea level.
On record in Naches
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 5 records
Buckeye Ranch Houselisted 1990
Edgar Rock Lodgelisted 1996
James Gleed Barnlisted 1990- Bumping Lake Cabin No. 16listed 2013
- Bumping Lake Resortlisted 2013
Population over time
2 figuresNaches grew from 795 to 1,084 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 | 795 | |
| 2020 | 1,084 | +289 (+36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Naches quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Naches between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,787 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 200 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BEAR |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 80 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NEW OLD NACHES |
| 8 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 July 1992 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Naches: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clarke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| S. Naches Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tim Ponds | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Naches in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 13 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | Flood | Naches | - | Naches near Naches- Flood stage is 17.8 feet. The river rose above flood stage on February 7, 4 am, crested at 18.6 feet on February 7th at 130 pm, then fell below flood stage on February 8th at 430 am. Minor flooding was observed in low areas along river. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Naches | - | On May 30th, warm temperatures lead to increased snow melt with the Naches River rising briefly to the flood stage of 17.8 feet. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Naches | - | Increased snow melt resulted in minor flooding of the Naches River near Naches. On May 5th the river crested at 18.25 feet, flood stage is 17.8 feet. |
| June 2012 | Flood | Naches | - | The Yakima River at Naches crested on June 18 11 pm at 16.64 feet. Flood stage is 16.0 feet. |
| June 2012 | Flood | Naches | - | The Yakima River at Naches crested at 16.44 feet at 5:15 pm on June 6th. Flood stage is 16.0 feet. |
| April 2012 | Flood | Naches | - | The Naches River at Naches crested at 18.27 feet on April 25 at 1 am. Flood stage is 17.8 feet. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Naches | - | Continuing from March 31, the river gage at Naches crested at .2 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Naches | - | Naches River was .9 foot above flood stage. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Naches | - | The Naches River continued slightly above flood stage through the end of May. No damage was reported. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Naches | - | The Naches River at Naches crested at 17.13 feet on May 19 between 8:45 am PST and 11:30 am PST. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Naches | - | Naches River at Naches crested at 17.84 feet with flood stage at 17 feet. Yakima River at Parker crested at 10.87 feet with flood stage at 10 feet. |
| May 2006 | Flood | Naches | - | Minor flooding and bank erosion along the Naches River near Naches due to rapid snowmelt caused by record warm temperatures. River crested at 17.9 feet on 05/21/06. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Naches | - | The Naches River near Naches rose above the flood stage of 17 feet on the 6th and crested at 18.8 feet on the 8th, falling back below flood stage on the 8th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tasker | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Tieton | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Holtzinger | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cowiche | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Eschbach | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gleed | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Weikel | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tietonview Grange | 9.5 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 Naches | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q658219 | 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 1512494. 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.





