Toppenish, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Toppenish-Wapato census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98948. The Survey maps it on the Toppenish quadrangle. 8,854 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
On record in Toppenish
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 3 records
US Post Office-Toppenish Mainlisted 1991
Yakima Indian Agency Buildinglisted 1988- Toppenish-Zillah Bridgelisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresToppenish fell from 8,949 to 8,854 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 | 8,949 | |
| 2020 | 8,854 | -95 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1910 USGS Zillah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Toppenish quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Toppenish quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What the histories say of this town
2,966 words1 chapter about Toppenish from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties; Wit | An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties; with an Outline of the Early History of the State of Washington (1904) | 2,966 words |
Fires near this place
296 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Toppenish between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13,288 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Fireworks | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Yakama Agency | GERMANTOWN RD. |
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Yakama Agency | 942 WINAWAY |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 940 WINAWAY |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 200 ELMWOOD |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Yakama Agency | KING FIRE |
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 101 YOUNGTOWN RD. |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Yakama Agency | EAST BRANCH |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Yakama Agency | MARION DRAIN # 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Toppenish: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zillah Bridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zillah Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toppenish in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2005: 2 tornado, 1 wildfire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2003 | Wildfire | Toppenish | - | Sparks from a power line ignited a fire which grew to 400 acres. Strong winds contributed to the growth of the fire. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Toppenish | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Toppenish | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Toppenish | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986202 | 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 1512732. 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.





