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Aladdin, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Colville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99114. It stands on Kenny Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aladdin quadrangle.

Aladdin within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Aladdin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 674 acres in total. 28 started naturally. None 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
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning4
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersALADDINS LAMP
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHARRIER HIDEOUT
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCLINTON CREEK
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville National ForestIONE HILL
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestINCIDENT 130
2 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersIRISH MOUNTAIN
19 September 2007Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestBAT 11
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestSMACKOUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Aladdin: 14 occurrences, 13 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
AladdinLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Bergland ClaimsTungsten, Lead, Molybdenum, ZincOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
BurrusIronOccurrence
BurrusZinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverOccurrence
BurrusZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Byers Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Copper KingIron, Lead, Zinc, GoldOccurrence
Copper KingLead, Gold, Iron, ZincProspect
Galena KnobLead, SilverOccurrence
Joe DayAntimonyOccurrenceStibnite

Every working recorded in Stevens 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
Goldfield Mill3.2 miles15
Spirit7.1 miles15
Onion Creek8.4 miles12
Leadpoint13.2 miles13
Little Dalles (historical)13.6 miles12
Park Rapids14.1 miles13
Northport14.2 miles13
Marble14.8 miles11

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 AladdinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q141592119The 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 1515768. 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.