Twisp, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Methow Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98856. It stands on Twisp River. The Survey maps it on the Twisp East quadrangle. 992 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,637 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTwisp grew from 919 to 992 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 | 919 | |
| 2020 | 992 | +73 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1899 USGS Methow quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Methow quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Twisp quadrangle1:62500
- 1969 USGS Twisp East quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Twisp East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Twisp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,681 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LOOKOUT |
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SECOND MILE |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BOX |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COLVERT |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ALDER CREEK |
| 25 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | ALDER |
| 19 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOOKOUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Twisp: 13 unknowns, 11 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alder | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite | |
| Alder Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1896, 1939 | |
| Alder Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1896, 1939 | |
| Heath | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Peoria | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Rattlesnake | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Spokane | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Spokane | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| Spokane | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Twin Lakes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twisp in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twisp | $20,000 | A tree was toppled onto a house in Twisp by a thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2009 | Lightning | Twisp | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Flood | Twisp | $260 | The USGS River Gage on the Methow River at Pateros recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 10.0 feet at 1:00 PM PSt on May 9th. The river crested at 10.7 feet at 7:15 AM on May 10th then receded below the Flood Stage at 7:30 PM on May 10th. The river rose again on May 16th and briefly touched the Flood Stage at 10.0 feet at 11:45 AM on May 16th before receding again. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twisp | - | A thunderstorm wind gust toppled a tree onto power lines near Twisp. A power outage resulted from this damage. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Twisp | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Twisp | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twisp | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Winthrop | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mowich Illahee | 16.5 miles | 13 | |
| Methow | 17.3 miles | 13 | |
| Paradise Hill | 17.6 miles | 13 | |
| Olema | 17.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mazama | 21.7 miles | 7 | |
| Loop Loop (historical) | 22.5 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 Twisp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1506800 | 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 1527565. 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.







