Yakima, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98901. The Survey maps it on the Yakima West quadrangle. 96,968 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.
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On record in Yakima
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 12 of 43 shown
E. William Brackett Houselisted 1990
Capitol Theatrelisted 1973
Carbonneau Mansionlisted 1976
Rupert Card Houselisted 1987
Carmichael-Loudon Houselisted 1987
Harrison Dills Houselisted 1987
Donald Houselisted 1976
First Baptist Churchlisted 2016
Fort Simcoe State Parklisted 1974
H. M. Gilbert Houselisted 1985
Daniel Goodman Houselisted 1992
James Greene Houselisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresYakima grew from 91,067 to 96,968 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 | 91,067 | |
| 2020 | 96,968 | +5,901 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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.
- 1899 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
What the histories say of this town
1,319 words1 chapter about Yakima from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties; Wit | An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties; with an Outline of the Early History of the State of Washington (1904) | 1,319 words |
Fires near this place
43 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Yakima between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,361 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 42ND & MCCULLOUGH RD |
| 19 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 191 acres | Yakama Agency | FRUIT STAND |
| 1 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Yakama Agency | AHTANUM RG |
| 8 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | COYOTE CREEK |
| 7 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 16TH AND GILBERT |
| 5 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 16TH / GILBERT |
| 5 July 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | Yakama Agency | GILBERT 2 |
| 5 July 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Yakama Agency | GRAVEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Yakima: 27 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selah | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Willow Springs No. 3 | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Yakima | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Kaiser | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Yakima | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Selah No. 1 | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Selah No. 2 | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| State Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Union Gap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wenas | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yakima in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2010: 3 lightning, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2006 | Lightning | Yakima | $35,000 | Lightning struck a weather vane on top of a barn and sparked a fire that destroyed the barn roof. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yakima | $5,000 | Strong winds from thunderstorms blew down around 100 trees along Highway 410 one mile west of the junction with Highway 12. Power lines were also downed. At the same time high winds peeled back a metal roof 9 miles west of the Highway 12 intersection. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Yakima | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yakima | $2,000 | Strong winds associated with a thunderstorm knocked down several trees, and knocked out power to about 750 customers. A weather spotter five miles east of Yakima reported a wind gust to 55 MPH at 4:59 PM PST. The Yakima ASOS at the Yakima airport reported a peak wind gust to 53 MPH at 4:54 PM PST. The property damage from this event is estimated at $2,000. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Yakima | - | Observer reported 1/2 to 3/4 inch hail. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Yakima | - | Yakima Sheriff Dispatch reported 1 inch diameter hail. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Yakima | - | A weather spotter reported .50 inches of rain in 30 minutes in Yakima from a nearly stationary storm. This resulted in deep water on 56th Avenue and Summitview in Yakima, with cars stalling out and forcing a lane closure. During the storm, 60 Pacific Power customers lost electricity. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | Yakima | - | Lightning knocked out power to 4,000 customers in Yakima. The storms produced hail and flooding on some intersections. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Yakima | - | Lightning struck a power substation west of the Central Washington fairgrounds early in the morning interrupting power to 4000 homes for 5 hours. These storms produced over 400 strokes of cloud-to-ground lightning and started 40 small fires in the Wenatchee National Forest. |
| April 2005 | Flash Flood | Yakima | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Yakima | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Yakima | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Park | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| South Broadway | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Fruitvale | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Union Gap | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Terrace Heights | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Selah | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pomona Heights | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Birchfield | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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 Yakima | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q499203 | 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 1509643. 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.





