Omak, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Omak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98841. It lies near Ross Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Omak quadrangle. 4,860 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
On record in Omak
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 1 record
US Post Office-Omak Mainlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresOmak grew from 4,845 to 4,860 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 | 4,845 | |
| 2020 | 4,860 | +15 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1905 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Omak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Omak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
211 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Omak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 219,562 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 12 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 burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Fireworks | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Colville Agency | MOOMAW |
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colville Agency | W. MOOMAWS |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 189,923 acres | Colville Agency | COLD SPRINGS |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville Agency | OMAK HUDS |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | WANNACUT CREEK II |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | ANNOCOTT CREEK |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPRING COULEE CAR WRECK |
| 30 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colville Agency | OMAK LAKE CAMERON LA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Omak: 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canamera Milling and Smelting | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Deposit 10 | Dolomite | Occurrence | Dolomite | |
| Geo Thompson Farm | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Okanogan | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Okanogan County Road Div | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Sherman | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Sherman Claims | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Deposit 10 | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Johnson Creek | Magnesite | Unknown | ||
| Palmer | Copper | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Omak in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 2 flash flood, 2 wildfire, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Wildfire | Omak | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Omak | $50,000 | Lightning sparked several small fires between Cameron Lake and Omak Lake in the Colville Indian Reservation. A few smaller fires were also reported near Salmon Creek Rd and south of Riverside. Over 200 acres were burned. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omak | $10,000 | The roof at an Athletic Club in Omak was damaged from strong outflow winds from a thunderstorm. In addition, the winds toppled a large weeping willow tree onto a vending truck. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Omak | $2,000 | City Hall had to be sandbagged due to water flowing into the building. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omak | $1,500 | Trees were blown down on West Ridge Drive. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Omak | - | A weather spotter reported heavy rain from a thunderstorm washed out a ditch and caused water to run over a driveway seven miles northwest of Omak, WA. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Omak | - | FLOODING IN OMAK AND MUDSLIDES ON SR97 IN OMAK |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Omak | - | WCM confirms brief tornado touchdown...F0 |
| June 2006 | Lightning | Omak | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epley (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cherokee | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Okanogan | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| North Omak | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Riverside | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Brown Lake | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Chillowist | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Loop Loop (historical) | 10.2 miles | 11 |
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 Omak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1509671 | 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 1524048. 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.





