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Onalaska, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mineral census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98570. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Onalaska quadrangle. 657 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 515 feet above sea level.

Onalaska within Lewis County

Population over time

2 figures

Onalaska grew from 621 to 657 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
2010621
2020657+36 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Onalaska between 1992 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKRUGER TWO
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKRUGER ONE
25 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLARMON RD
20 September 1995Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Onalaska: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Onalaska PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Phillips1.3 miles17
Ethel3.2 miles17
Lacamas3.7 miles17
Salkum5.7 miles17
Marys Corner5.9 miles15
Klaus6.4 miles15
Alpha6.5 miles17
Forest7.6 miles15

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 OnalaskaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474083The 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 1524053. 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.