Walnut Grove, Washington
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Orchards census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98662. The Survey maps it on the Orchards quadrangle. 9,790 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 272 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWalnut Grove grew from 3,906 to 9,790 between 1990 and 2010. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,906 | |
| 2000 | 7,164 | +3,258 (+83%) |
| 2010 | 9,790 | +2,626 (+37%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 33 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.
- 1897 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Orchards quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Orchards quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Orchards quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Orchards quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1992 and 2017, burning about 64 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLACK GRASS |
| 14 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 148TH STREET |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 82ND |
| 25 August 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CURTAIN CREEK |
| 17 August 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BACK YARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 16 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Prairie Placer | Gold, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bokemier Iron Deposit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hidden Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Howland Acres Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Wilde | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Homan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marrion 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Corners | 1.7 miles | 33 | |
| Burton Homes | 1.7 miles | 33 | |
| Rye | 1.7 miles | 33 | |
| Barberton | 1.7 miles | 33 | |
| Hidden | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Orchards | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Saint John | 2.1 miles | 33 | |
| Homan | 2.4 miles | 33 |
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 Walnut Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1503462 | 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 1512772. 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.












