Orient, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the East Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99160. It stands on East Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orient quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,453 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOrient fell from 115 to 75 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 | 115 | |
| 2020 | 75 | -40 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1936 USGS Marcus quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Marcus quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Orient quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Orient quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Orient quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Republic quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Orient quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Orient between 1992 and 2020, burning about 575 acres in total. 61 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | WHO'S ON FIRST |
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | IMPERIAL WAY |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOULDER |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | JONES' ONLY |
| 16 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAKIN FLAT |
| 15 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | THOUGHT FIRE |
| 15 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | MARSHMELLOW FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 107 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 107 workings within 5 miles of Orient: 50 prospects, 47 occurrences, 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beecher | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Coffer | Copper, Gold, Lead | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite | |
| Coffer | Copper, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Defender | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Defender | Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Dreissel | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Easter Sunday | Gold, Antimony, Copper, Silver | Producer | Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Galena Hill | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Globe | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Globe Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orient in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 1 heavy rain, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flood | Orient | $100,000 | Flood water flow undermined the western abutment of the Rockcut Road Bridge across the Kettle River near Orient. This erosion is considered critical by an inspecting engineering firm. The bridge remains open but with weight and speed restrictions. |
| August 1998 | Heavy Rain | Orient | - | One inch of rain in 15 minutes |
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.
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 Orient | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1301624 | 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 1524070. 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.








