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Washougal, Washington

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98671. It lies near Woodburn Hill. The Survey maps it on the Washougal quadrangle. 17,039 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Washougal within Clark County

Population over time

2 figures

Washougal grew from 14,095 to 17,039 between 2010 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
201014,095
202017,039+2,944 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Washougal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersL1560 SPUR
4 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTOREDAHL
29 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Washougal: 16 past producers, 8 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
(Facility) Troutdale SmelterAluminumPlant
Camas PlacerTitanium, Iron, GoldUnknown
CorbettGeothermalProducer
ImageClayPast Producer
Red Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
WashingtonGoldUnknown
Haag & Shaw PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Midvale QuarryStonePast Producer
Midvale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washougal in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2017: 2 heavy rain, 2 flood, 1 hail. 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
October 2015Heavy RainWashougal$30,000There were several reports of 3 to 4 inches of 24-hour Rain totals in Clark County. A trained spotter reported that the Washougal River was near bank full. Another weather spotter reported a minor mudslide on Washougal River Road between mile posts 3 and 4 where the debris was 3 inches deep. An Emergency Manager claimed were three residential floodings, several places with high water, and two road closures (Southeast Mill Plain and Southeast Village Loop).
October 2017FloodWashougal-Heavy rain caused the Washougal River at Washougal to flood. The river crested at 14.97 feet, which is 0.97 foot above flood stage.
January 2009FloodWashougal-Heavy rain and subsequent flooding resulted in the evacuation of 10 homes along the Washoughal River.
January 2007Heavy RainWashougal-A total accumulation of 1.76 inches was reported at Washougal.
May 2008HailWashougal-no account filed

Every storm 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
Parkersville1.2 miles24
Parker Landing Light1.6 miles24
Oak Park1.9 miles24
Camas2.5 miles24
Sunnyside4.3 miles21
Fern Prairie4.4 miles23
Mount Pleasant5.3 miles24
Ireland5.4 miles21

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 WashougalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q986371The 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 1512779. 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.