Terrace Heights, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98901. The Survey maps it on the Yakima East quadrangle. 9,244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTerrace Heights grew from 6,937 to 9,244 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 | 6,937 | |
| 2020 | 9,244 | +2,307 (+33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1936 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Terrace Heights between 1997 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Yakama Agency | AHTANUM RG |
| 8 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | COYOTE CREEK |
| 31 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCK QUARRY |
| 23 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Spokane District | HARTFORD |
| 17 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPORTSMANS |
| 3 October 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 800 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Terrace Heights: 23 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenas | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Willow Springs No. 3 | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Kaiser | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Union Gap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yakima | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Zirkle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bruenig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Meyers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchfield | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Washington Park | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Yakima | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Union Gap | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pomona Heights | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Moxee City | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| East Selah | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| South Broadway | 4.9 miles | 17 |
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 Terrace Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1508479 | 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 1511364. 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.






