Union, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Union-Grapeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98592. It lies near Skokomish Flats. The Survey maps it on the Union quadrangle. 683 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 feet above sea level.
On record in Union
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 1 record
Twanoh State Parklisted 2014
Population over time
2 figuresUnion grew from 631 to 683 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 | 631 | |
| 2020 | 683 | +52 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 865 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOLKIEN |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 104 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Union: 5 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beekman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
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 Union | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473616 | 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 1527608. 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.





