Valley, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Springdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99181. It stands on Bulldog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley quadrangle. 149 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,696 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresValley grew from 146 to 149 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 | 146 | |
| 2020 | 149 | +3 (+2%) |
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.
- 1927 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,018 acres in total. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JUMP OFF |
| 9 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JUMPING JOE FLASH |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 411 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BULL DOG |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WAITTS RESORT |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JUMPOFF WAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Valley: 11 occurrences, 8 past producers, 7 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Limestone, Dimension, Barium-Barite, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Mine | Lead, Antimony, Silver, Zinc | Producer | Boulangerite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Loon Lake | Copper, Silver, Iron, Barium-Barite, Peat | Past Producer | ||
| Loon Lake Copper | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Loon Lake Copper Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1890, 1895 | |
| Nanome Aggregates | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| B and B | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Dept. of Hwys | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dietrich | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Green Mountain Marble Co | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Jumpoff Creek | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Debris Flow | Valley | $100,000 | A hillside along route 231 near Valley began slowly sliding and compromising the road bed. Temporary traffic lights were installed to restrict traffic to one lane while highway crews stabilized the road bed. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Valley | - | 1 inch hail |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kulzer | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Waits | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Grays | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Chewelah | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Cline | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Springdale | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Carrs Corner | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Loon Lake | 9.2 miles | 10 |
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 Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6159312 | 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 1527659. 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.






