Pateros, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Brewster-Wakefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98846. It stands on Methow River. The Survey maps it on the Pateros quadrangle. 593 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPateros fell from 667 to 593 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 | 667 | |
| 2020 | 593 | -74 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1905 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Brewster quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Omak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Pateros quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Pateros quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Pateros between 1993 and 2020, burning about 20,492 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PATEROS VIEW |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | GOAT MOUNTAIN |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROLLING HILL |
| 15 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,378 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | GOAT |
| 9 August 1996 | Fireworks | 9.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BACKSIDE GOAT |
| 4 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PATEROS DRAW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Pateros: 13 past producers, 9 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Lake | Asbestos, Nickel, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Alta Lake | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Friday Claims | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Fuller | Iron, Copper, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | Other | |
| Fuller Property | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Titanium, Metal, Copper | Past Producer | 1944 | |
| Schulz and Chesney | Gold, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Alta Lake Prospect | Nickel, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Blue Grouse Nickel Prospect | Copper, Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Diamond Queen | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Friday | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pateros in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pateros | $70,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees at Alta Lake State Park. At least 2 parked automobiles were damaged when large trees fell on them. Social media reports indicated 4 people were injured as trees fell within the campsites. Time of event estimated from radar. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Pateros | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Virginia City (historical) | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Brewster | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Methow | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Paradise Hill | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Thompson (historical) | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Monse | 13.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wakefield | 14.6 miles | 12 |
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 Pateros | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1510527 | 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 1524247. 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.






