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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.

Walnut Grove within Clark County

Population over time

3 figures

Walnut 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.

YearPeople Change
19903,906
20007,164+3,258 (+83%)
20109,790+2,626 (+37%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 33 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
17 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLACK GRASS
14 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters148TH STREET
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters82ND
25 August 1992Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCURTAIN CREEK
17 August 1992Misuse of fire by a minor35 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBACK YARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brush Prairie PlacerGold, Titanium, IronProspect
Bokemier Iron DepositIronProspect
Hidden Brick CoClayPast Producer
Howland Acres ProspectIronOccurrenceLimonite
WildeClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Homan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marrion PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Five Corners1.7 miles33
Burton Homes1.7 miles33
Rye1.7 miles33
Barberton1.7 miles33
Hidden2.0 miles33
Orchards2.0 miles33
Saint John2.1 miles33
Homan2.4 miles33

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 GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1503462The 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.