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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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Walla Walla within Walla Walla County

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

Every listing in Walla Walla County

Population over time

6 figures

Walla 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.

YearPeople Change
18803,588
18904,709+1,121 (+31%)
190010,049+5,340 (+113%)
191019,364+9,315 (+93%)
201031,731
202034,060+2,329 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Walla Walla PitClayPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dell Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jones-Scott CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mill Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walla Walla County

Storms near this place

19 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001LightningWalla Walla$25,000no account filed
December 2010Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla$20,000A 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 2005Flash FloodWalla Walla$20,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla$5,000no account filed
May 2000Heavy RainWalla Walla$3,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla$2,000Winds 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 2017Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla$1,000Power lines down due to strong wind gust at Pioneer Park in Walla Walla. Damage amount estimated.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Walla Walla.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-Roof damage reported in the city of Walla Walla.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-A 60 mph wind gust estimated by the public.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-Awnings were ripped off travel trailers and tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were snapped.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-Large tree limbs and power lines blown down.
February 2003Funnel CloudWalla 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 1999Funnel CloudWalla 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 2013Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-no account filed
April 2012HailWalla Walla-no account filed
May 2005Funnel CloudWalla Walla-no account filed
May 2004Funnel CloudWalla Walla-no account filed
May 2000HailWalla Walla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walla Walla 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
Langdon2.6 miles12
College Place2.6 miles11
Baker-Langdon2.9 miles12
Garrett3.3 miles11
Russell4.8 miles10
Mojonnier5.1 miles11
Pedigo5.2 miles11
Harbert5.6 miles11

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 WallaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q222338The 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.