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Notable locations in Kettle Falls: Kettle Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant (A), Kettle Falls Volunteer Fire Department (B), Kettle Falls Public Library (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Kettle Falls include: Kettle Falls Adventist Church (A), Kettle Falls Assembly of God Church (B), Kettle Falls Community Church (C), New Life Apostolic Church (D), Pentecostal Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Meyers Falls Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: U S Government - National Park Service- Coulee Dam National Recreation (Recreation Areas; 1230 South Boise Road), U S Government - National Park Service- Coulee Dam National Recreation Area- Maintenance (Recreation Areas; 1368 Kettle Park Road).
Hotels: Blue Moose Rental Cabins (24387 Highway 395 North), Kettle Falls Best Value Inn (205 East 3rd Avenue), Grandview Inn Motel & RV Park (978 Highway 395 North).
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Stevens County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM10
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 21.4. This is significantly better than average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 23.1. This is about average. Closest monitor was 8.3 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Kettle Falls and their reported violations in the past:
NORTH LAKE ROOSEVELT RESORT (Population served: 13, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2005, Contaminant: Coliform
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2005, Contaminant: Coliform
KPM WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 9, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 13.5%
(14.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 11.3% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 5.6% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.4 people | | Washington: |  2.4 people |
| This city: | 62.0% | | Whole state: | 65.6% |
| This city: | 6.2% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Kettle Falls, WA
Kettle Falls compared to Washington state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Kettle Falls (2011 data):
- AmericanWest Bank: Kettle Falls Financial Center at 365 West 3rd Avenue, branch established on 1982/07/26. Info updated 2011/12/12: Bank assets: $2,274.6 mil, Deposits: $1,889.1 mil, headquarters in Spokane, WA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 76 total offices, Holding Company: Skbhc Holdings Llc
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Kettle Falls, Washington:
- My Parents' Estate, 719 Hwy 395, Kettle Falls, WA 99141
 , Phone: (509) 738-6220
- Kettle Falls Inn, PO Box 598, Kettle Falls, WA 99141 , Phone: (509) 738-6514
All 2 fire-safe hotels and motels in Kettle Falls, Washington
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Wood (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
Religion statistics for Kettle Falls (based on Stevens County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 27.29%
| Here | | 27.3% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Assemblies of God | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
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| Adherents | 35.4% | 17.1% | 10.3% | 4.9% | 4.7% |
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| Congregations | 16.4% | 9.1% | 16.4% | 7.3% | 3.6% |
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| Name | United Methodist Church | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Free Methodist Church of North America | Evangelical Free Church of America | Other |
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| Adherents | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 13.6% |
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| Congregations | 1.8% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 36.4% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 9 | Stevens County: | 2.16 / 10,000 pop. | | Washington: | 2.06 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.24 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 5 | Stevens County: | 1.20 / 10,000 pop. | | Washington: | 1.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 11 | Stevens County: | 2.64 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.67 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 29 | Here: | 6.95 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.26 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 8.3% | | Washington: | 7.7% |
Adult obesity rate: | Stevens County: | 27.0% | | Washington: | 25.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 10.8% | | State: | 13.9% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $9,812 | $39,248 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $525 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $11,240 | $67,440 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $3,050 | $36,600 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 29 | $292 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
1 | $4,196 | $50,352 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
5 | $19,248 | $46,195 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $702 |
| Totals for Government |
12 | $47,546 | $47,546 | 36 | $1,519 |
Kettle Falls government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $150,000 ($94.16)
Solid Waste Management: $106,000 ($66.54)
Parks & Recreation: $10,000 ($6.28)
All Other: $10,000 ($6.28)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $260,000 ($163.21)
Water Utilities: $230,000 ($144.38)
Solid Waste Management: $93,000 ($58.38)
Sewerage: $64,000 ($40.18)
Regular Highways: $62,000 ($38.92)
Parks & Recreation: $50,000 ($31.39)
Central Staff Services: $45,000 ($28.25)
Judicial and Legal Services: $39,000 ($24.48)
Fire Protection: $27,000 ($16.95)
Libraries: $16,000 ($10.04)
Financial Administration: $13,000 ($8.16)
General Public Buildings: $11,000 ($6.91)
General - Other: $6,000 ($3.77)
Health Services - Other: $2,000 ($1.26)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000 ($0.63)
Welfare - Other: $1,000 ($0.63)
- General - Interest on Debt: $3,000 ($1.88)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $101,000 ($63.40)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $680,000 ($426.87)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $53,000 ($33.27)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $644,000 ($404.27)
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $47,000 ($29.50)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $36,000 ($22.60)
Other, NEC: $6,000 ($3.77)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $75,000 ($47.08)
General Revenue, NEC: $47,000 ($29.50)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $92,000 ($57.75)
Sewerage: $78,000 ($48.96)
Water Utilities: $74,000 ($46.45)
Parks & Recreation: $13,000 ($8.16)
Libraries: $4,000 ($2.51)
Police Protection: $3,000 ($1.88)
Solid Waste Management: $2,000 ($1.26)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $625,000 ($392.34)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $496,000 ($311.36)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $35,000 ($21.97)
All Other: $20,000 ($12.55)
General Support: $13,000 ($8.16)
- Tax - Property: $188,000 ($118.02)
Total General Sales: $114,000 ($71.56)
Public Utilities: $109,000 ($68.42)
NEC: $12,000 ($7.53)
Other Selective Sales: $11,000 ($6.91)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $469,000 ($294.41)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $41,000 ($25.74)
9.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,177 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.14% | | Washington average: | 7.86% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,758 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.32% | | Washington average: | 7.07% |
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($185 average AGI)| Stevens County: | 0.08% | | Washington average: | 0.16% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Kettle Falls:
- KCVL (1240 AM; 1 kW; COLVILLE, WA; Owner: NORTH COUNTRY BROADCASTING)
- KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
- KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
- KMJY (700 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: JAMES E. AND HELEN G. STARGEL)
- KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOMW (680 AM; daytime; 5 kW; OMAK, WA; Owner: NORTH CASCADES BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KOFI (1180 AM; 50 kW; KALISPELL, MT; Owner: KOFI, INC.)
- KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
- KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
- KQNT (590 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Kettle Falls:
- KCRK-FM (92.1 FM; COLVILLE, WA; Owner: NORTH COUNTRY BROADCASTING)
- KMJY-FM (104.5 FM; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: ALC COMMUNICATIONS)
- KXLY-FM (99.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
- K219DQ (90.5 FM; OMAK, WA; Owner: WALLA WALLA COLLEGE)
- KPND (95.3 FM; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: BLUE SKY BROADCASTING INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Kettle Falls:
- K59BW (Channel 59; BONNERS FERRY, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))
- K08HY (Channel 8; MARCUS-EVANS, ETC., WA; Owner: BISBEE MOUNTAIN TRANSLATOR ASSN.)
- K10GJ (Channel 10; MARCUS-EVANS, ETC., WA; Owner: BISBEE MOUNTAIN TRANSLATOR ASSN.)
- K13IQ (Channel 13; MARCUS-EVANS, ETC., WA; Owner: BISBEE MOUNTAIN TRANSLATOR ASSN.)
Kettle Falls fatal accident list:
Jun 5, 1986 03:38 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 6 meters (20ft)
Total costs: $75,000
Total average daily traffic: 15,972
Total average daily truck traffic: 2,567
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 - Bisbee Mountain, 6.8 Km Nw Of (Lat: 48.634167 Lon: -118.157222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 31.4 m, Overall height: 34.4 m, Call Sign: KNKN385
Assigned Frequencies: 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz
Grant Date: 11/28/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010, Certifier: Michael P Goggin
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 1120 20th Street, Nw, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 457-2055, Fax: (202) 457-3074, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2 - Terry C Miller, Bisbee Mtn - 5 Miles Wnw Of (Lat: 48.633778 Lon: -118.157222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 31 m, Overall height: 36 m
Registrant: Washington State Department Of Transportation, 724 Quince Street Se, Olympia, WA 98504-7359, Phone: (360) 705-7013, Email:
- Terry C Miller, Bisbee Mtn - 5 Miles Wnw Of (Lat: 48.633778 Lon: -118.157222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 31 m, Overall height: 36 m
Registrant: Washington State Department Of Transportation, 724 Quince Street Se, Olympia, WA 98504-7359, Phone: (360) 705-7013, Email:
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Bnsf Mp 96.7 Kettle Falls N Aei (Lat: 48.670000 Lon: -118.114722), Type: Mast, Structure height: 2 m, Call Sign: WPVW289
Assigned Frequencies: 911.500 MHz
Grant Date: 08/27/2002, Expiration Date: 08/27/2012, Certifier: Robert Leedham
Registrant: Bnsf, 4515 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66106, Phone: (913) 551-4613, Fax: (913) 551-4053, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 5 - 415 Larch St (Lat: 48.610444 Lon: -118.063889), Call Sign: KNAK267, Licensee ID: L00110641
Assigned Frequencies: 154.965 MHz
Grant Date: 09/29/2005, Expiration Date: 12/14/2015
Registrant: City Of Kettle Falls, 580 Meyers, Kettle Falls, WA 99141, Phone: (509) 738-6821, Email:
- 415 Larch Street (Lat: 48.610444 Lon: -118.063889), Call Sign: WQH497, Licensee ID: L00110641
Assigned Frequencies: 155.370 MHz
Grant Date: 04/04/2000, Expiration Date: 06/08/2005, Cancellation Date: 08/13/2005
Registrant: City Of Kettle Falls, 580 Meyers, Kettle Falls, WA 99141, Phone: (509) 738-6700 - On Hwy 395 & Peachcrest Rd 3 Mi Nw (Lat: 48.619333 Lon: -118.110556), Call Sign: KNIC261, Licensee ID: L00002834
Assigned Frequencies: 153.665 MHz, 153.710 MHz
Grant Date: 12/16/2003, Expiration Date: 02/09/2014
Registrant: Avista Corporation, 1411 East Mission, Spokane, WA 99220, Phone: (509) 495-8533, Fax: (509) 777-5425, Email:
- Jct Meyers St & Railroad Ave (Lat: 48.610167 Lon: -118.063611), Call Sign: KWH378
Assigned Frequencies: 160.320 MHz, 160.650 MHz, 161.010 MHz, 161.100 MHz, 161.160 MHz, 161.250 MHz
Grant Date: 12/09/2003, Expiration Date: 01/12/2014
Registrant: Bnsf, 4515 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, KS 66106, Phone: (913) 551-4613, Fax: (913) 551-4053, Email:
- 400 Ft N Sr 20 & Junipter St (Lat: 48.611667 Lon: -118.061111), Type: Bant, Structure height: 2.4 m, Overall height: 3 m, Call Sign: WQCG648
Assigned Frequencies: 452.900 MHz
Grant Date: 02/28/2005, Expiration Date: 02/28/2015, Certifier: Paul E Crawford
Registrant: Omnitrax, Inc, 50 S Steele St Suite 250, Denver, CO 80209, Phone: (303) 398-4504, Fax: (303) 398-0358, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 9 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 36 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Kettle Falls)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 19 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Kettle Falls)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Kettle Falls
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| Most common first names in Kettle Falls, WA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Robert | 31 | 73.2 years |
| William | 26 | 73.9 years |
| John | 24 | 75.0 years |
| James | 18 | 76.1 years |
| Donald | 14 | 64.4 years |
| Charles | 14 | 78.1 years |
| Mary | 13 | 78.8 years |
| George | 12 | 72.5 years |
| Dorothy | 11 | 75.7 years |
| Thomas | 11 | 76.9 years |
| Most common last names in Kettle Falls, WA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Peterson | 9 | 81.9 years |
| Martin | 9 | 70.6 years |
| Thompson | 8 | 74.7 years |
| Beardslee | 7 | 76.7 years |
| Anderson | 7 | 77.0 years |
| Johnson | 6 | 67.7 years |
| Miller | 6 | 76.2 years |
| Brown | 6 | 82.3 years |
| Schwerin | 6 | 81.8 years |
| Clark | 6 | 70.2 years |
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