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Ronald, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cle Elum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98940. It lies near Number 3 Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ronald quadrangle. 439 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,349 feet above sea level.

Ronald within Kittitas County

Population over time

3 figures

Ronald grew from 265 to 439 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
2000265
2010308+43 (+16%)
2020439+131 (+43%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Ronald between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning20
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Fireworks4
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWINCHESTER
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1993Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBULL FROG WOODCHIP
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMINE TRAIL
22 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUMMIT VIEW ROAD
20 September 2020Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSANDSTONE ROAD
12 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittitas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Ronald: 16 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cle Elum PlacerGoldProspect
CumbyGemstonePast Producer
Jonesville No. 2 Mine DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Roslyn-Cascade Mine DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alpine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bullfrog PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cle Elum PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kittitas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Roslyn1.8 miles16
Lakedale2.2 miles17
Nelson3.3 miles16
Driftwood Acres3.7 miles17
Lavender5.2 miles16
South Cle Elum5.2 miles16
Cle Elum5.2 miles16
Pine Glen5.8 miles15

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 RonaldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1502780The 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 1525199. 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.