Waterville, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Waterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98858. It lies near Standpipe Hill. The Survey maps it on the Waterville quadrangle. 1,134 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,625 feet above sea level.
On record in Waterville
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 7 records
William J. Canton Houselisted 1988
Douglas County Courthouselisted 1975
Nifty Theatrelisted 1999
Christian Schmidt Houselisted 1994
Smith Hospital and Douglas County Press Buildinglisted 1989
Waterville Hotellisted 1984- Downtown Waterville Historic Districtlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Waterville quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Waterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County Fire Districts | MP 151 |
| 14 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COUGAR FLATS |
| 14 July 2009 | Fireworks | 15 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | Q ROAD |
| 9 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEER CREEK |
| 5 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.7 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLACK PINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Waterville: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hollingshead Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Pit Qs-Do-140 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterville in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 debris flow, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Waterville | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Debris Flow | Waterville | $5,000 | Highway 2 at Pine Canyon was closed due to mud and debris covering the roadway for a period of time. The road was covered in six to eight inches of debris. The water dug three to four foot trenches within the drainage. The Douglas RAWS reported six tenths of rainfall in an one hour period. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Waterville | $2,000 | Water was reported over State Route 2 and flooding into an adjacent house east of Waterville due to thunderstorm heavy rain. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Waterville | - | Several reports of crop damage from hail and flooding between Waterville and Coulee City. Hail ranged from penny to quarter size in this corridor. |
| February 2021 | Debris Flow | Waterville | - | The Washington Department of Highways reported a large rock slide on US-2 in Pine Canyon. The debris covered approximately 300 yards, which included many large rocks. The highway was closed from MP140 near Orondo to MP148 near Waterville. There was no known time of reopening the road at time of report. |
| August 2021 | Debris Flow | Waterville | - | There was a rock slide, partially blocking a road near a golf course in Orondo, due to brief, heavy rain. |
| May 2020 | Debris Flow | Waterville | - | A rock slide was reported by Washington State Patrol on Highway US-2 in Pine Canyon between Orondo and Waterville. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Waterville | - | Law enforcement reported debris and rocks over highway 2 in Pine Canyon near milepost 145 and 146. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | - | Pea-sized hail piled up to a depth of one inch on US Hwy 2 just east of Waterville. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | - | spotter reported 58 mph gust |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Okanogan City (historical) | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Alstown | 7.2 miles | 6 | |
| McLeans Orchard (historical) | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Orondo | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Supplee | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lamoine | 10.8 miles | 7 | |
| Farmer | 13.9 miles | 6 |
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 Waterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q168848 | 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 1527848. 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.



