Raymond, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Raymond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98577. It stands on South Fork Willapa River. The Survey maps it on the Raymond quadrangle. 3,081 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
On record in Raymond
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
Raymond Public Librarylisted 1979
Raymond Theaterlisted 1991
US Post Office-Raymond Mainlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresRaymond grew from 2,882 to 3,081 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 | 2,882 | |
| 2020 | 3,081 | +199 (+7%) |
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.
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Raymond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | A 100 |
| 4 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PATRICK FIRE |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WARD CREEK |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Raymond: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. 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-4 Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| South Bend | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Willapa No. 2 | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit Ing Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City of South Bend Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Johnson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| N. Willapa River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| South Bend Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymond in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2012: 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2012 | Flood | Raymond | - | Heavy rain caused the Willapa River near Willapa to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. The Willapa River crested at 23.9 feet on November 19th at 9 pm PST, 2.9 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2009 | Heavy Rain | Raymond | - | Heavy rain resulted the closure of highway 6 outside of Raymond due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Raymond | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Willapa | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| South Bend | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Seahaven (historical) | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Menlo | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bruceport | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Firdale | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Holcomb | 10.0 miles | 13 |
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 Raymond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1510374 | 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 1507743. 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.






