Pasco, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99301. The Survey maps it on the Pasco quadrangle. 77,108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 387 feet above sea level.
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On record in Pasco
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 6 records
Franklin County Courthouselisted 1978
James Moore Houselisted 1979
Pasco Carnegie Librarylisted 1982
Sacajawea State Parklisted 2007- Kurtzman Park Mini Stationlisted 2022
- Morningstar Baptist Churchlisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresPasco grew from 59,781 to 77,108 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 | 59,781 | |
| 2020 | 77,108 | +17,327 (+29%) |
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.
- 1917 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Pasco between 2000 and 2019, burning about 155 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | 2ND ST. |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | BLACKBERRY |
| 6 July 2019 | Firearms and explosives use | 104 acres | Spokane District | P K COMMAND |
| 5 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | HWY124 |
| 4 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex | ASH STREET |
| 4 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | SUNSET #1 |
| 4 July 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | POPLAR |
| 31 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex | LIFESTYLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Pasco: 15 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.O.E. Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cherry Lane Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kennewick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Matheson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Matheson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pasco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit No. 11147 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Putnam Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Canyon Hazardous Waste Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pasco in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 dust devil, 1 hail. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 | Lightning | Pasco | 4 hurt, $12,000 | Cattle company near Pasco lost 6 registered Charolais cattle during a lightning storm. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | $770,000 | Strong wind gusts from a thunderstorm flipped two small airplanes at the Tri-Cities airport in Pasco. Five feeding bunks at DeVries Dairy were also destroyed. The winds knocked out power to thousands of residents in the county, and toppled many trees. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | $5,000 | Trees down and shingles taken from roofs. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Pasco | $5,000 | Lightning struck radio tower and knocked station off air. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | Measured at mesonet station HPASC. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Pasco | - | Hail from this storm severely damaged thousands of acres of crops in Pasco. Some of the hardest hit crops were tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, green beans, and peppers. |
| May 1999 | Dust Devil | Pasco | - | A dust devil tore shingles and tarpaper off the roof of the Physician's Medical Center in Pasco. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasco West | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Riverview | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ainsworth Junction | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| West Pasco | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Glade | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Martindale | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sagemoor | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Levey | 13.8 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 Pasco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q844016 | 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 1513388. 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.





