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Snohomish, Washington

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Snohomish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98290. It stands on Pilchuck River. The Survey maps it on the Snohomish quadrangle. 10,126 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

Snohomish within Snohomish County

On record in Snohomish

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Snohomish grew from 9,098 to 10,126 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,098
202010,126+1,028 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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.

What the histories say of this town

4,376 words

1 chapter about Snohomish from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
HistoryHistory of Snohomish County, Washington, Volume I (1926)4,376 words

Fires near this place

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Snohomish between 1992 and 2019, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters93RD DRIVE
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 August 1994Smoking3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 July 2014Fireworks16 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKIPLEY BOG
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSNO RIVER
19 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 July 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLORD HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Snohomish: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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
SnohomishClayPast Producer
Snohomish Sand and Gravel IncLimestone, DimensionProducer
Cathcart PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Matheson Rivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pilchuck River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pilchuck River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pilchuck River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roosevelt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Snohomish PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Snohomish County

Storms near this place

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snohomish in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2006: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2006FloodSnohomish$3,300,000Record flooding occurred on the Cowlitz, Nooksack, Puyallup, Nisqually, |Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Carbon, Snoqualmie, and Bogachiel. Major flooding occurred on the Tolt, Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, and White rivers. Other rivers flooding were the Satsop, Cedar, Wynoochee, Elwha, Deschutes, Dungeness, Skookumchuck, and Chehalis.
August 1997Tornado (F0)Snohomish-A weak tornado damaged a barn.
December 1997Funnel CloudSnohomish-A funnel cloud was spotted by two members of the public and a police cadet.

Every storm recorded in Snohomish 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
Bromart0.9 miles26
South Snohomish1.1 miles26
Rees Corner2.5 miles26
Fobes Hill2.7 miles26
Larimers Corner2.9 miles25
Seattle Hill4.2 miles25
Osborn Corner4.3 miles25
Silver Firs4.4 miles26

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 SnohomishAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1505974The 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 1531910. 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.