14 Facts About Kennewick Washington

Grand Coulee Dam, located upstream of Kennewick Washington, fostered irrigation across the Columbia Basin north of Pasco, sending more raw material through Kennewick Washington.

Kennewick Washington and surrounding areas have been dusted by smaller eruptions of Mount St Helens since.

Kennewick Washington fared better than most of the state during the Great Recession, primarily due to consistent job growth in the metro area during that time.

Kennewick Washington has a semi-arid climate, that closely borders on a desert climate due to its position east of the Cascade Mountains.

The Cascades create an effective rain shadow, causing Kennewick Washington to receive a fraction of the precipitation that cities west of the mountains like Portland and Seattle get annually, with values being more similar to that of Phoenix, Arizona.

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Average annual wind speed in Kennewick Washington is 8 miles per hour, but strong winds are a common occurrence in Kennewick Washington and can sometimes cause damage.

Kennewick Washington's economy is closely tied to the rest of the Tri-Cities and is heavily influenced by the Hanford Site and the national laboratory.

Kennewick Washington was able to secure a piece of the World Trade Center from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is located in the southeast corner of the complex as a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Kennewick Washington is a code city that operates under the council–manager form of government.

City of Kennewick Washington is a full-service city, providing police, fire prevention and suppression, emergency medical response, water and sewer, parks, public works, planning and zoning, street maintenance, code enforcement, and general administrative services to residents.

Citizens of Kennewick are represented in the Washington Senate by Sharon Brown in District 8, and Maureen Walsh in District 16, and in the Washington House of Representatives by Brad Klippert and Matt Boehnke in District 8, and Bill Jenkin and Skyler Rude in District 16.

Nearest commercial airport to Kennewick Washington is the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, with flights to several major international airports in the western part of the country.

The Port of Kennewick Washington formerly operated Vista Field near the Toyota Center as a general aviation airport, but it closed at the end of 2013.

Public transportation in Kennewick Washington is provided by Ben Franklin Transit, which runs several bus routes that provide intra-city service as well as connections to Pasco and Richland.