Wilbur, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Wilbur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99185. The Survey maps it on the Wilbur quadrangle. 895 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,172 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresWilbur grew from 884 to 895 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 884 | |
| 2020 | 895 | +11 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1948 USGS Wilbur quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Wilbur quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Coulee Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Wilbur quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wilbur in 1997, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Wilbur: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jurgenson Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Lauritzen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roby Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scheiber 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 |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilbur in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Wilbur | $300,000 | top of barn blown off and several outbuildings destroyed in wilbur. tree and irrigation system damage and major damage to large horse barn in creston |
| February 1999 | Flash Flood | Wilbur | $20,000 | Snowmelt and heavy rain caused high water levels on many small stream across northern Lincoln County, including Goose Creek. Portions of Highwy 2 were closed and several business were flooded in downtown Creston. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Wilbur | $20,000 | heavy rain lead to flooding in downtown Wilbur with flood drainages full and streets running with water. One inch diameter hail also occurred. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilbur | $5,000 | Tree blew down from wind. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilbur | $1,000 | An apparent dry microburst descended on a small area south of Wilbur, causing damage in an area about 60 feet wide. An anemometer measured a wind gust to 60 mph and the temperature briefly rose to 84 degrees at 330 AM PDT. A barbecue with its five-gallon propane tank was blown across a yard, and a six-inch tree limb was broken from a tree. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Wilbur | - | Local news reported Highway 21 closed north of Wilbur due to flooding. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Wilbur | - | Public reported landspout near Wilbur Airport. No damage reported. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilbur | - | Several farmers in the area reported wind gusting to approximately 60 miles per hour. |
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Wilbur | - | funnel cloud sighted on the south side of Wilbur. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Wilbur | - | 3/4 inch hail |
| July 2006 | Lightning | Wilbur | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Lightning | Wilbur | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Govan | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sherman | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Creston | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hesseltine | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Clark | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Almira | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bagdad Junction | 14.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lincoln | 16.1 miles | 12 |
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 Wilbur | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1514299 | 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 1509502. 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.






