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Newport, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99156. The Survey maps it on the Newport quadrangle. 2,114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,142 feet above sea level.

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Newport within Pend Oreille County

On record in Newport

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Newport fell from 2,126 to 2,114 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,126
20202,114-12 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning39
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Other causes4
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPRING VALLEY
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville National ForestPIONEER PARK CAMPGROUND
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Newport: 21 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Copper. 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
Bodie Canyon MineSilver, Zinc, Molybdenum, CopperProspect
Bodie Canyon ProspectSilver, Molybdenum, CopperOccurrenceVein
General McarthurLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Grandview GroupLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
RiesLead, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrence
RiesGemstoneOccurrence
Ries PropertyLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Silver Butte MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Freeman LakeSilicaProspect
Freeman Lake Silica MineSilicaPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011FloodNewport$400,000Widespread flooding was observed along the Pend Oreille River throughout the month of June 2011 impacting the communities of Newport, Dalkena, Usk, Cusick, Ruby, Blueslide, Lost Creek, Ione, and Metaline Falls. Some of the worst flooding was noted along the following roads: Alaska Way, Davis Road, McCloud Creek, Deeter Road, Riverbend Loop, Sandy Shores, Yergens, Le Clerc Road, Pow Wow Park Road, Dike Road, Needles Road, and Main Street in Metaline Falls; four private roads including Beehive Lane, Bear Paw Drive, Echo Lane, and Hawk Lane were also flooded. Numerous homes along these roads suffered flooding with as much as two to three feet of water in their basements and significant damage to docks, sheds, and other outbuildings. The town of Metaline was forced to bypass sewage treatment and allow its storm drains to flow directly into Pend Oreille River. The flooding had enormous impacts on recreation with many boaters avoiding the river due to a no-wake restriction in place. Additionally, the Kalispels' 37th Powwow and 4th of July celebration were cancelled due to the flooding.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNewport$10,000strong winds blew trees down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNewport$10,000trees reported down across Highway 20 and 31.
June 1999Heavy RainNewport$5,000Over 1.35"of rain fell in a 12 hour period.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNewport$1,000Utility company reported weather related power outage affecting 760 customers. A max wind gust of 26 MPH was recorded around the time.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindNewport$1,000Numerous trees blown over and roof damage was reported. Max wind gusts in the area was 39 MPH recorded in Old Town, Idaho.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindNewport$1,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindNewport-A member of the public reported a 12 inch diameter pine tree snapped halfway up the trunk near Newport from a thunderstorm wind gust.
April 2016HailNewport-A trained spotter reported hail covering highway 2 near Newport, Washington. The hail was reported to be one inch in size and in addition the visibility was reduced to near zero in very heavy rain.
June 2015Flash FloodNewport-A member of the public reported street flooding on US-2 and in the parking lot of the McDonald's on US-2 in Newport, WA.
July 2011FloodNewport-Widespread flooding was observed along the Pend Oreille River through the first week of July 2011 impacting the communities of Newport, Dalkena, Usk, Cusick, Ruby, Blueslide, Lost Creek, Ione, and Metaline Falls. Some of the worst flooding was noted along the following roads: Alaska Way, Davis Road, McCloud Creek, Deeter Road, Riverbend Loop, Sandy Shores, Yergens, Le Clerc Road, Pow Wow Park Road, Dike Road, Needles Road, and Main Street in Metaline Falls; four private roads including Beehive Lane, Bear Paw Drive, Echo Lane, and Hawk Lane were also flooded. Numerous homes along these roads suffered flooding with as much as two to three feet of water in their basements and significant damage to docks, sheds, and other outbuildings. The town of Metaline was forced to bypass sewage treatment and allow its storm drains to flow directly into Pend Oreille River. The flooding had enormous impacts on recreation with many boaters avoiding the river due to a no-wake restriction in place. Additionally, the Kalispels' 37th Powwow and 4th of July celebration were cancelled due to the flooding.
July 1998Funnel CloudNewport-sheriff sighted a funnel cloud near Newport
May 1997Heavy RainNewport-flooding
June 2003HailNewport-no account filed
June 2003HailNewport-no account filed
June 2003HailNewport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Penrith3.5 miles13
Wolfred5.9 miles11
Tweedie6.5 miles12
Scotia7.8 miles13
Furport8.2 miles11
Grahams9.1 miles13
Diamond Lake9.2 miles13
Dalkena11.2 miles11

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 NewportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1514137The 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 1512505. 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.