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Wallula, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Burbank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99363. It lies near Crescent Island. The Survey maps it on the Wallula quadrangle. 140 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.

Wallula within Walla Walla County

Population over time

3 figures

Wallula fell from 197 to 140 between 2000 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
2000197
2010179-18 (-9%)
2020140-39 (-22%)

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.

What the histories say of this town

1,026 words

1 chapter about Wallula from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County, State of WashingtonAn Illustrated History of Walla Walla County, State of Washington (1901)1,026 words

Fires near this place

80 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Wallula between 2000 and 2020, burning about 11,962 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHWY 730 SPOT
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeIVERSON ROAD
18 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife Refuge2RIVPARK
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLAMBDON ROAD
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeLAMDIN
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSPOT #1
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSPOT#2
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeRAILEX FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wallula: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
WallulaPumiceOccurrence
Attalia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eucon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Rivers 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

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallula in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2006Thunderstorm WindWallula-Power lines down.

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
Hunt1.2 miles12
Attalia1.7 miles12
Wallula Junction1.9 miles12
Zangar Junction3.3 miles13
Two Rivers4.3 miles12
Port Kelley4.5 miles12
Reese6.6 miles13
Le Grow7.2 miles12

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 WallulaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1505175The 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 1512771. 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.