Salmon Creek, Washington
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Battle Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98686. It stands on LaLonde Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vancouver quadrangle. 21,293 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSalmon Creek grew from 16,767 to 21,293 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 | 16,767 | |
| 2010 | 19,686 | +2,919 (+17%) |
| 2020 | 21,293 | +1,607 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 33 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 Portland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Salmon Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 166 acres | Pacific Cascade Region-DNR | FRUIT VALLEY |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 148TH STREET |
| 14 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHORTYS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Salmon Creek: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Prairie Placer | Gold, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mill Plain Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Wilde | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bokemier Iron Deposit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Howland Acres Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Homan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Salmon Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salmon Creek in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Salmon Creek | $2,000 | The National Weather Service survey team confirmed an EF-0 tornado. The tornado started north of NE 31st Ave and NE 144th St and ended near the col-de-sac on NE 33rd Ave. Two large trees lost limbs, a couple fences were blown over, and some patio furniture were damaged; however, there was no structural damage to any houses in the neighborhood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vista | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| Saint John | 2.2 miles | 33 | |
| Lake Shore | 2.6 miles | 33 | |
| Rye | 2.6 miles | 33 | |
| Hidden | 2.8 miles | 33 | |
| Hazel Dell | 2.8 miles | 33 | |
| Lakeshore | 2.9 miles | 33 | |
| Barberton | 2.9 miles | 33 |
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 Salmon Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1510736 | 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 1512637. 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.











