Roslyn, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cle Elum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98941. It lies near Cedar Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cle Elum quadrangle. 950 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,247 feet above sea level.
On record in Roslyn
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 2 records
Northwestern Improvement Company Storelisted 1973- Roslyn Historic Districtlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresRoslyn grew from 893 to 950 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 | 893 | |
| 2020 | 950 | +57 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1897 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1902 USGS Mt Stuart quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cle Elum quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Cle Elum quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2003 USGS Cle Elum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Roslyn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 13 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 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 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 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 |
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 Roslyn: 17 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Iron. 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 | ||
| Cle Elum Sand and Gravel | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cumby | Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Durrwachter | Iron, Garnet | Prospect | ||
| 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 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roslyn in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2006: 2 wildfire, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Roslyn | - | The Square Lake Fire was a lightning sparked fire which burned 1,097 acres. The fire was contained on September 30th. |
| September 2003 | Wildfire | Roslyn | - | The Square Lake Fire began on August 25th, and burned a total of 1,097 acres. The fire was a lightning sparked fire, and became completely contained on September 30th. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Roslyn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cle Elum | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| South Cle Elum | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Nelson | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lakedale | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Driftwood Acres | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lavender | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Glen | 7.3 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 Roslyn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1510360 | 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 1525216. 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.







