Snoqualmie Falls, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Snoqualmie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98065. It stands on Brockway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snoqualmie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 18 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.
- 1921 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Snoqualmie quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Snoqualmie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Snoqualmie Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RAGING RIVER |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MCLEOD |
| 13 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 August 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STORMWATER POND |
| 5 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE ERNIE |
| 5 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MICKEY MOUSE |
| 4 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WINERY |
| 4 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE SI FIREWORKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Snoqualmie Falls: 13 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Leta | Gold, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Camp Brown Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mainline 100 Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Cleveland | Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Legal Tender | Gold, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Fall City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Raging River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stoen North Bend Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snoqualmie Falls in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2011: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Flood | Snoqualmie Falls | $11,100,000 | Record 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. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Snoqualmie Falls | $20,000 | The Snoqualmie Falls golf course in Fall City and parts of Highway 202 were flooded after the Snoqualmie river near Carnation reached major flood stage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snoqualmie | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Tokul | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ellisville | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Glen | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| North Bend | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ernies Grove | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Harman Heights | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fall City | 4.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1526016. 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.





