Palouse, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Colfax-Palouse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99161. The Survey maps it on the Palouse quadrangle. 1,015 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,434 feet above sea level.
On record in Palouse
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 3 records
Holy Trinity Episcopal Churchlisted 2005- F Street Bridgelisted 1982
- Palouse Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresPalouse grew from 998 to 1,015 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 | 998 | |
| 2020 | 1,015 | +17 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1910 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Palouse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Palouse in 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | RUDD |
| 3 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CHANEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Palouse: 11 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duffield Creek Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Palouse | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ringo | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Ringo Hills | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Cox Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ringo | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palouse in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palouse | $30,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds damaged one vehicle, homes, and a local park. A trained spotter reported that the winds downed trees which caused the damage in Palouse, Washington. There were no known injuries. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Palouse | $5,000 | An estimated 3 feet of water in basement for several buildings along the Palouse River. |
| April 2012 | Flood | Palouse | $5,000 | Hayton Green Park in Palouse was flooded as well as the residence at 415 West Main Street near the park. Flooding was also observed up to the base of the house in the neighboring property. Damage was estimated. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Palouse | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Flood | Palouse | - | An estimated 2 to 3 feet of flooding at the Lions Club Park from the Palouse River. |
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 Palouse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1501870 | 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 1531058. 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.




