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Anatone, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Asotin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99401. The Survey maps it on the Anatone quadrangle. 25 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,570 feet above sea level.

Anatone within Asotin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Anatone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesEAST MOUNTAIN
2 September 1996Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersZAPPER
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPONGE
6 August 2004Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPIRAL PONDEROSA
29 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFIELD SPRINGS 1
29 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFIELD SPRINGS 2
29 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFIELD SPRINGS 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Asotin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Anatone: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Taplin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Benedict QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Asotin County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anatone in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2016: 9 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAnatone$2,000Six to ten 18 to 24 inch diameter trees were uprooted by winds estimated between 50 to 60 miles per hour along Highway 129 between mile posts 6 and 14.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAnatone$2,000Small trees were downed by strong wind gusts from a thunderstorm. The wind also damaged and blew away yard objects.
July 2012Flash FloodAnatone$1,000Park Ranger reported water out of ditches and over roads. Road damage due to the water.
June 2007HailAnatone$1,000no account filed
June 2012HailAnatone$250Hail cracked a windshield at the Boggans Oasis Bar and Grill.
June 2016HailAnatone-A member of the public reported 1.25 inch size hail which caused dents in a car near Anatone, Washington.
August 2008HailAnatone-Hail accumulated to a depth of several inches.
June 2012HailAnatone-no account filed
August 2010HailAnatone-no account filed
August 2008HailAnatone-no account filed
August 2006HailAnatone-no account filed
August 2000HailAnatone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Asotin 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
Theon (historical)2.4 miles10
Craige5.8 miles10
Zindel (historical)7.2 miles10
Rogersburg9.0 miles10
Cloverland10.1 miles12
Grahams Landing10.9 miles9
Mountain View12.7 miles12
Hanson Ferry13.1 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 AnatoneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4752314The 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 1503022. 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.