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Ardenvoir, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Entiat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98811. It stands on Mad River. The Survey maps it on the Ardenvoir quadrangle. It stands 1,273 feet above sea level.

Ardenvoir within Chelan County

On record in Ardenvoir

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Ardenvoir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 58 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
Natural58
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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 2012Natural10 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestUPPER CRUM CANYON
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestROTH ROCK
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestMUD CREEK
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestMCKENZIE
6 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestMOE CANYON
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSNAKE PILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Ardenvoir: 6 past producers, 6 occurrences, 6 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Crum CanyonPerliteProspect
Indian CreekMicaOccurrence
Indian Creek Manganese ClaimsManganeseProspect
RexSilver, GoldPast ProducerPyrite
RexGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Roaring CreekMagnesite, Talc-SoapstoneOccurrence
EntiatStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Entiat Valley No. 72PumicePast Producer
Gold RidgeStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harris CreekSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ardenvoir in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 3 debris flow. 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
September 2019Flash FloodArdenvoir$2,000A Flash Flood occurred on the Entiat River Road northwest of Ardenvior where it passes near the Cougar Creek 2018 burn scar. The flood deposited 6 to 7 feet of mud and debris across the road. A nearby weather spotter measured 1.2 inches of rain fall from the storm believed to have caused this nocturnal flash flood. Time estimated from radar data.
May 2023Debris FlowArdenvoir$1,000Thunderstorm heavy rains led to logs and debris flushing down the Mad River above Pine Flats campground.
July 2014Debris FlowArdenvoir-Mills Canyon Fire personnel reported several small debris flows up the Entiat River Canyon near the Mills Canyon burn scar.
July 2014Debris FlowArdenvoir-Fire personnel on the Chiwaukum Complex reported several small debris flows along Entiat River Road near the Duncan burn scar.
June 2006Flash FloodArdenvoir-no account filed
June 2006Flash FloodArdenvoir-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chelan 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
Farris4.1 miles14
Winesap9.1 miles14
Entiat (historical)9.3 miles13
Entiat9.5 miles13
Wagnersburg11.6 miles13
Maplecreek12.6 miles14
Granite Falls13.4 miles13
Sunnybank14.3 miles14

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 ArdenvoirAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4787973The 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 1515943. 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.