West Pasco, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99301. It lies near Wade Island. The Survey maps it on the Kennewick quadrangle. 1,747 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
Population over time
7 figuresWest Pasco fell from 2,894 to 1,747 between 1960 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,894 | |
| 1970 | 3,809 | +915 (+32%) |
| 1980 | 6,210 | +2,401 (+63%) |
| 1990 | 7,312 | +1,102 (+18%) |
| 2000 | 4,629 | -2,683 (-37%) |
| 2010 | 3,739 | -890 (-19%) |
| 2020 | 1,747 | -1,992 (-53%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1917 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Kennewick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:62500
- 1992 USGS Kennewick quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of West Pasco between 2000 and 2003, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.2 acres | Columbia National Wildlife Refuge | DOS X'S |
| 30 June 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Hanford Reach National Monument | TAYLOR FLAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of West Pasco: 14 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.O.E. Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kennewick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pasco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit No. 11147 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State R-50 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pasco West | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pasco | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Glade | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ainsworth Junction | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Martindale | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sagemoor | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mathews Corner | 14.8 miles | 11 |
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 West Pasco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1504992 | 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 1867645. 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.





