Orting, Washington
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Puyallup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98360. It stands on Voight Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orting quadrangle. 9,041 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
On record in Orting
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
- Woolrey-Koehler Hop Kilnlisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresOrting grew from 6,746 to 9,041 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 | 6,746 | |
| 2020 | 9,041 | +2,295 (+34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1942 USGS Lake Tapps quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Lake Tapps quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Orting quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Orting quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Orting between 1992 and 2020, burning about 384 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 275 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 244TH COMMAND |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ORTING |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH PRAIRIE CREEK |
| 6 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VOIGHT CREEK |
| 6 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CASCADIA |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 186TH |
| 29 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Orting: 10 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Lead, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Mcmillan | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Tacoma Silver Mine #42 | Lead, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sumner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thun Field Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orting in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Orting | - | A funnel cloud, which lasted less than a minute, was spotted near Orting. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croker | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| McMillin | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Prairie Ridge | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Thrift | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Rhododendron Park | 4.4 miles | 28 | |
| South Hill | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Ponderosa Estates | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Alderton | 5.1 miles | 28 |
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 Orting | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1515932 | 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 1512539. 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.









