Walla Walla, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Walla Walla-College Place census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99362. It stands on Bryant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walla Walla quadrangle. 34,060 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
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On record in Walla Walla
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 12 of 25 shown
Max Baumeister Buildinglisted 2000
John F. Boyer Houselisted 1980
Norman Francis Butler Houselisted 1992
Dacres Hotellisted 1974
Electric Light Works Buildinglisted 2012
Fort Walla Walla Historic Districtlisted 1974
Kirkman Houselisted 1974
Liberty Theaterlisted 1993
George Ludwigs Houselisted 1982
Marcus Whitman Hotellisted 1999
Memorial Building, Whitman Collegelisted 1974
Northern Pacific Railway Passenger Depotlisted 1990
Population over time
6 figuresWalla Walla grew from 3,588 to 34,060 between 1880 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 3,588 | |
| 1890 | 4,709 | +1,121 (+31%) |
| 1900 | 10,049 | +5,340 (+113%) |
| 1910 | 19,364 | +9,315 (+93%) |
| 2010 | 31,731 | |
| 2020 | 34,060 | +2,329 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1919 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000
- 1921 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Walla Walla: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walla Walla Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dell Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jones-Scott Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Creek 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 | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walla Walla in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2017: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Lightning | Walla Walla | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm with winds gusting to 58 mph knocked down trees and caused power outages to over 3500 customers in Walla Walla. One large tree fell onto an unoccupied car and caused major damage. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Walla Walla | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Heavy Rain | Walla Walla | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | $2,000 | Winds from a dissipating thunderstorm broke tree limbs 8 to 10 inches in diameter, damaged the roof of a camper, and broke a window. Very little rain fell from this storm. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | $1,000 | Power lines down due to strong wind gust at Pioneer Park in Walla Walla. Damage amount estimated. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Walla Walla. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | Roof damage reported in the city of Walla Walla. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | A 60 mph wind gust estimated by the public. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | Awnings were ripped off travel trailers and tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were snapped. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | Large tree limbs and power lines blown down. |
| February 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Walla Walla | - | A funnel cloud was cited west of Walla Walla, which had sporadic movement. The base of the funnel cloud was at about 1,000 feet, with the length of the funnel around 500 to 600 feet. |
| March 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Walla Walla | - | A funnel cloud was seen southeast of Walla Walla for a few minutes during the early afternoon. A newspaper's photographer was able to capture the funnel cloud on film. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Walla Walla | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Walla Walla | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Walla Walla | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Walla Walla | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langdon | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| College Place | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Baker-Langdon | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Garrett | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Russell | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mojonnier | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pedigo | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harbert | 5.6 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 Walla Walla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q222338 | 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 1512769. 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.
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.






