Arden, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Colville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99114. It stands on Little Pend Oreille River. The Survey maps it on the Arden quadrangle. It stands 1,604 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1927 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Arden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Arden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,190 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKY RESPONSE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stevens County Fire Districts | COUNTRY |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge | 132 |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HALLER PILE |
| 3 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ORIN FRIED RICE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Arden: 7 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Tungsten, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ham | Lead, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Jacobs Farm | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Rocky Lake | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Rocky Lake | Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Brook-Ashley | Uranium, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Mcmillian | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Robert E Lee | Uranium, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Arden | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Dept. of Hwys | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept. of Hwys. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arden in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 hail, 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.
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.
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 Arden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988883 | The 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 1515942. 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.





