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.
Population over time
3 figuresRonald 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 265 | |
| 2010 | 308 | +43 (+16%) |
| 2020 | 439 | +131 (+43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Snoqualmie quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Easton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ronald quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2003 USGS Ronald quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WINCHESTER |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BULL FROG WOODCHIP |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MINE TRAIL |
| 22 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SUMMIT VIEW ROAD |
| 20 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SANDSTONE ROAD |
| 12 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cle Elum Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Cumby | Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Jonesville No. 2 Mine Dump | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Roslyn-Cascade Mine Dump | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alpine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bullfrog Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cle Elum Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roslyn | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lakedale | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Nelson | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Driftwood Acres | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lavender | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| South Cle Elum | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cle Elum | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Glen | 5.8 miles | 15 |
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 Ronald | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1502780 | 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 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.






