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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.

Naselle within Pacific County

Population over time

3 figures

Naselle 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.

YearPeople Change
2000377
2010419+42 (+11%)
2020421+2 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

26 since 1993

Regional 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 burning12
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Natural1

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 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPOWERLINE FIRE
1 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNORTH SHORE FIRE
28 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNOMINAMI
26 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSNAGLY FIRE
19 August 1996Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWESTERN LAKE
26 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersUPPER NASELLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pacific County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bear RiverLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Lane Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
O'Conner Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Naselle RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pacific County

Storms near this place

6 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2022FloodNaselle-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 2015FloodNaselle-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 2014HailNaselle-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 2009FloodNaselle-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 2009Heavy RainNaselle-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 1998WildfireNaselle-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.

Every storm recorded in Pacific 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
Upper Salmon Junction4.1 miles16
Knappton6.1 miles17
Frankfort6.5 miles17
Megler8.3 miles17
Middle Nemah9.1 miles15
Chinook9.6 miles17
McGowan9.7 miles18
Stringtown9.8 miles17

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 NaselleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q935645The 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.