Wishram, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98673. The Survey maps it on the Wishram quadrangle. 366 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWishram grew from 213 to 366 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 | 213 | |
| 2010 | 342 | +129 (+61%) |
| 2020 | 366 | +24 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wishram quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Wishram quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Wishram quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Wishram between 1998 and 2019, burning about 36,848 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 acres | Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources | STONEHENGE |
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.7 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | HAYSTACK |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Yakama Agency | MM 95 |
| 5 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | CELILO PARK |
| 5 August 1998 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | WISHRAM EAST |
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 270 acres | Yakama Agency | WISHRAM |
| 29 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11,008 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | WISHRAM 2 |
| 27 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | COLEFIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wishram: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemstones Mine | Gemstone, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Site | Gemstone, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Fulton Canyon | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Layman No3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Northwest Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Williams | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bryant Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fulton Canyon Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jasper Pit | Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Jasper Pit | Gemstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wishram Heights | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Warwick | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gooseneck | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Centerville | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Maryhill | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Swale | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Smithville | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dallesport | 11.6 miles | 17 |
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 Wishram | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1504223 | 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 1528268. 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.






