Naselle, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Naselle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98638. It stands on South Naselle River. The Survey maps it on the Knappton quadrangle. 421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresNaselle grew from 377 to 421 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 377 | |
| 2010 | 419 | +42 (+11%) |
| 2020 | 421 | +2 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1938 USGS Fort Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Columbia quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Knappton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Naselle between 1993 and 2020, burning about 313 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE FIRE |
| 1 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH SHORE FIRE |
| 28 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NOMINAMI |
| 26 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SNAGLY FIRE |
| 19 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WESTERN LAKE |
| 26 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UPPER NASELLE |
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 Naselle: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear River | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Lane Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| O'Conner Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Naselle River | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Naselle in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 flood, 1 wildfire, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Flood | Naselle | - | The gauge on the Naselle River near Naselle rose above flood stage of 15.0 feet on the 6th, crested at 18.3 feet at 2000PST. This is above major flood stage of 17.0 feet. The river then dropped below flood stage on the 7th at 1130PST. |
| January 2015 | Flood | Naselle | - | The Naselle River near Naselle reached flood stage of 15.5 feet at 410 AM on January 5th. The river crested at the major flood stage of 17 feet around 745 AM before dropping below flood stage at 1150 AM. |
| November 2014 | Hail | Naselle | - | A Pacific County Sheriff officer took photos of very large hail that fell near the Naselle-Grays River School District Office. The size of the hail was estimated to have a 1.25 inch diameter. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Naselle | - | Heavy rain caused the Naselle River to overflow its banks and cause significant flooding. The Naselle River crested at a flood of record of 20.8 ft. |
| January 2009 | Heavy Rain | Naselle | - | Heavy rain caused localized flooding in the community of Naselle. Several structures were flooded and many people forced to evacuate thier homes and businesses. |
| October 1998 | Wildfire | Naselle | - | A slash fire near Naselle Washington got out of control and burned 100 acres before fire crews and cooler weather checked the fire. The 100 acre Bear Fire was west of Washington Highway 401 about 6 miles from Naselle. The glow of the fire was visible at night as far away as Astoria, Oregon. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Salmon Junction | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Knappton | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Frankfort | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Megler | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Middle Nemah | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Chinook | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| McGowan | 9.7 miles | 18 | |
| Stringtown | 9.8 miles | 17 |
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 Naselle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q935645 | 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 1512495. 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.







