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Aeneas, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98855. It stands on Frosty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aeneas quadrangle. It stands 2,454 feet above sea level.

Aeneas within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Aeneas between 1992 and 2019, burning about 548 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 2 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
Natural57
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestDEVILS CANYON
27 September 2004Debris and open burning69 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestOGLE CREEK II
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHIGH GROUND
19 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFROSTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Aeneas: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Peat, Lead, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aeneas ValleyPeatOccurrenceSedimentary
Albert W. AllenLeadUnknown
Brown QuarryDolomiteProducer
SanpoilUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aeneas in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAeneas$5,000Media relayed report that a resident between Molson and Chesaw measured 74 mph wind gust. Damage is unknown at this time.
July 2008HailAeneas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okanogan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Old Wauconda11.5 miles16
Wauconda Summit12.4 miles16
Wauconda12.4 miles13
Old Toroda16.3 miles12
Anglin18.1 miles12
Synarep18.8 miles11
Disautel18.8 miles9
Bodie20.2 miles12

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 AeneasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2891604The 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 1515736. 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.