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Spokane Valley, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99216. The Survey maps it on the Greenacres quadrangle. 102,976 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,991 feet above sea level.

Spokane Valley within Spokane County

On record in Spokane Valley

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

Spokane Valley grew from 89,755 to 102,976 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
201089,755
2020102,976+13,221 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

352 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 352 fires within 5 miles of Spokane Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,514 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 46 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 ceremony123
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Arson/incendiarism46
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking12
Natural12
Fireworks11
Other causes6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVALLEY MAZE
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarism14 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2014Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSALTESE
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT PURSUIT
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1993Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor6.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Spokane Valley: 29 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Empire Granite QuarryGranite, Silica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sumers Clay PitKaolinPast Producer
DishmanSilicaOccurrence
H. Seidel Clay Co.ClayPast Producer
Shelley LakeClayPast Producer
Spokane Silica Sand DepositSilicaOccurrence
Bigelow GulchFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
FitzgeraldFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sommer PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane 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
Opportunity1.1 miles18
Irwin1.4 miles18
Trentwood2.2 miles18
Millwood2.4 miles19
Hutton Settlement2.4 miles19
Veradale2.5 miles18
Dishman2.6 miles19
Pasadena Park2.8 miles19

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 Spokane ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988065The 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 1967430. 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.