White Salmon, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the White Salmon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98672. It stands on Jewett Creek. The Survey maps it on the White Salmon quadrangle. 2,485 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWhite Salmon grew from 2,193 to 2,485 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,193 | |
| 2010 | 2,224 | +31 (+1%) |
| 2020 | 2,485 | +261 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS White Salmon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS White Salmon quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS White Salmon quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS White Salmon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
307 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of White Salmon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,833 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 7 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 burning | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Fireworks | 25 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | The Dalles Unit | MOSIER EAST |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HUGGIE |
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | CATHERINE |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,644 acres | Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 141 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of White Salmon: 40 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klickitat Co. Pits | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cove | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dollar Pit 1920 Trs | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| East Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| George Property Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hanel Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hood River Pit & Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hood River Sand and Gravel Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hood River Sand and Gravel Pit | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingen | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Laws Corner | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Husum | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Straight Point | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain Brook | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| B Z Corner | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Klickitat Heights | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gilmer | 10.0 miles | 15 |
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 White Salmon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1019847 | 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 1512803. 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.








