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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.

Toppenish within Yakima County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Toppenish 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,949
20208,854-95 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

What the histories say of this town

2,966 words

1 chapter about Toppenish from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties; WitAn 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 1992

Regional 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 burning91
Fireworks76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism35
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresYakama AgencyGERMANTOWN RD.
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresYakama Agency942 WINAWAY
8 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama Agency940 WINAWAY
7 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama Agency200 ELMWOOD
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresYakama AgencyKING FIRE
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama Agency101 YOUNGTOWN RD.
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresYakama AgencyEAST BRANCH
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresYakama AgencyMARION DRAIN # 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Zillah Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Zillah PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yakima County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2003WildfireToppenish-Sparks from a power line ignited a fire which grew to 400 acres. Strong winds contributed to the growth of the fire.
April 2005Tornado (F0)Toppenish-no account filed
April 2005Tornado (F0)Toppenish-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yakima 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
Wesley Junction2.4 miles13
Zillah3.0 miles13
Buena3.6 miles13
Alfalfa4.9 miles12
Yethonat5.0 miles14
Flint5.1 miles13
Sawyer6.1 miles13
Granger6.9 miles12

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 ToppenishAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q986202The 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.