Snoqualmie, 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 Kimball Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snoqualmie quadrangle. 14,121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 427 feet above sea level.
On record in Snoqualmie
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 6 records
Messenger of Peace Chapel Carlisted 2009
Snoqualmie Depotlisted 1974
Snoqualmie Fallslisted 2009
Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Districtlisted 1992
Snoqualmie School Campuslisted 1989- Snoqualmie Falls Cavity Generating Stationlisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresSnoqualmie grew from 10,670 to 14,121 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 | 10,670 | |
| 2020 | 14,121 | +3,451 (+32%) |
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 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
| 11 August 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 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 |
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: 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
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snoqualmie in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2009: 2 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1997 | Lightning | Snoqualmie | 1 hurt | A woman holding an umbrella was struck by lightning. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Snoqualmie | $14,000,000 | The cities of Snoqualmie, Carnation, Duvall and Fall City flooded, some residents had to be rescued, many homes were flooded. The Issaquah creek flooded some residences and businesses. It also eroded part of the riverbank, which caused a guest house to fall into the creek. About 40 King County roads were closed. In Pacific, about 1000 people evacuated their homes due to flooding from releases from the Mud Mountain dam, 100 of those homes were damaged, some with 3 feet of water in them. |
| November 2008 | Flood | Snoqualmie | $100,000 | Major flooding on the Snoqualmie River. |
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 Falls | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Tokul | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Glen | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| North Bend | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ellisville | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Harman Heights | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ernies Grove | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fall City | 4.3 miles | 18 |
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 Snoqualmie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1000951 | 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 1526014. 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.





