Puyallup, Washington
26 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 98372. The Survey maps it on the Puyallup quadrangle. 42,973 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 46 feet above sea level.
On record in Puyallup
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 5 records
Christ Episcopal Churchlisted 1994
J. H. Lotz Houselisted 1980
McMillin Bridgelisted 1982
Ezra Meeker Mansionlisted 1971
Puyallup Fish Hatcherylisted 2013
Population over time
2 figuresPuyallup grew from 37,022 to 42,973 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 | 37,022 | |
| 2020 | 42,973 | +5,951 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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
- 1941 USGS Tacoma South quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Tacoma South quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Puyallup quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Tacoma South quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tacoma quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Puyallup quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Puyallup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 519 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 494 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | SUMNER GRADE |
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EHLI HILL |
| 28 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SNOW SHOE |
| 20 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Complex | MCCALLISTER CREEK |
| 4 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MCCUTCHEON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Puyallup: 20 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcmillan | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Aztec Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carl G. Olson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Firwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lidford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lundblad Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Milcane Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Norm's Auto Wrecking Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Puyallup in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | North Puyallup | $25,000 | Trailers in an RV park were flooded. |
| September 2013 | Lightning | Puyallup | $5,000 | Lightning struck a home and damaged several electrical items inside. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeker | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| North Puyallup | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Sumner | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| South Hill | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Alderton | 3.5 miles | 28 | |
| Summit | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Waller | 4.2 miles | 26 | |
| McMillin | 4.3 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 Puyallup | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q179336 | 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 1533368. 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.










