Stevenson, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Stevenson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98648. It stands on Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonneville Dam quadrangle. 1,491 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 207 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresStevenson grew from 1,200 to 1,491 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 | 1,200 | |
| 2010 | 1,465 | +265 (+22%) |
| 2020 | 1,491 | +26 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Bonneville Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bonneville Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Bonneville Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
199 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Stevenson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74,501 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 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 | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FORT RAINS |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | 2020 |
| 7 September 1998 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEL REY |
| 6 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | OLD WYETH |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | WYETH RANGE |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Stevenson: 11 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevenson | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Stevenson | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Moffett's Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Rock Creke Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| St. Martin Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Cascade Locks Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hamilton Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Island Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Keller Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Rains | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Carson | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Moffetts Hot Springs | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Martins Hot Springs | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Home Valley | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| North Bonneville | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Stabler | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Skamania | 9.9 miles | 16 |
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 Stevenson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q514457 | 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 1509682. 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.








