Tonasket, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tonasket census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98855. It stands on Bonaparte Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tonasket quadrangle. 1,103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
On record in Tonasket
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 2 records
Bonaparte Mountain Cabinlisted 1981
Lost Lake Guard Stationlisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresTonasket grew from 1,032 to 1,103 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 | 1,032 | |
| 2020 | 1,103 | +71 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1902 USGS Osoyoos quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Osoyoos quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Tonasket quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tonasket quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Tonasket between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,552 acres in total. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOWELL CANYON |
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Spokane District | JANIS VIEW |
| 19 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JANIS VIEW |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | 40 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAYUSE RUNAROUND |
| 6 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | 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 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tonasket: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony, Uranium, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Knock Mine | Antimony, Zinc | Past Producer | 1904, 1907, 1967 | |
| Mcdaniel Lease | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Antimony | Antimony | Occurrence | Stibnite | |
| Antimony | Antimony | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Tonasket Ready Mix | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Verbeck Bros | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Verbeck Bros | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tonasket in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Hail | Tonasket | $40,000 | 1 1/4 inch hail and 70 mph wind from newspaper reports. Boats damaged and vehicles overturned at Lake Conconully |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Tonasket | $23,000 | A flash flood washed out approximately 200 yards of a portion of the eastbound lane of Highway 20 at milepost 266. One lane was kept open for traffic. Damage cost were estimated. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tonasket | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted three to five large trees on the north end of town. A lightning strike hit a power pole and knocked out power to portions of the town. Heavy rain also overwhelmed storm drains resulting in some standing water over roadways. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janis | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ellisforde | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Anglin | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Enterprise | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Barker | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Keystone | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cordell | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Loomis | 13.0 miles | 11 |
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 Tonasket | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1506311 | 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 1527301. 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.






