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Wapato (YTB-788) was a United States Navy Natick-class large harbor tug named for Wapato, Washington. [1] Construction. The contract for Wapato was awarded 14 January ...
Wapato (/ ˈ w ɑː p ʌ t oʊ /) is a town in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,607 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It has a Hispanic majority.
The area was sometimes known as Wapato Lake Bed and Wapato Flat. [1] The lake is located about a half mile east of Gaston at 55 metres (180 ft) elevation. [ 1 ] The lake bed soils contain a layer of organic peat that once supported a wetland community dominated by the wapato plant, Sagittaria latifolia , particularly in the upper marsh areas. [ 2 ]
Sagittaria is a genus of about 30 [3] species of aquatic plants whose members go by a variety of common names, including arrowhead, duck potato, swamp potato, tule potato, and wapato. Most are native to South , Central , and North America , but there are also some from Europe , Africa , and Asia .
Wapato can mean: Any of various plants in the genus Sagittaria; Wapato, Washington, a town named after the plant in the State of Washington in the United States;
Wapato Lake near Gaston. Wapato Lake Unit is located about 15 miles (24 km) to the west of the main refuge, near the city of Gaston along Oregon Route 47 in Washington and Yamhill counties. [16] [37] The area was once the site of Wapato Lake, whose soil held an organic-rich peat that sustained a shrub swamp ecosystem.
Wapato High School is a public high school serving 874 students in grades nine through 12 located in Wapato, Washington, United States. [2] WHS is part of the Wapato School District . The athletics team is the Wolves.
Wapato Plant. The Atfalati IPA: [aˈtɸalati], [1] also known as the Tualatin or Wapato Lake Indians [2] [3] are a tribe of the Kalapuya Native Americans who originally inhabited and continue to steward some 24 villages on the Tualatin Plains in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Oregon; the Atfalati also live in the hills around Forest Grove, along Wapato Lake and the north fork of the ...