Azwell, Washington

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Chelan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98846. It lies near Gossman Flats. The Survey maps it on the Azwell quadrangle.

Azwell within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Azwell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
2001 USGS Azwell quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Azwell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 16,824 acres in total. 10 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
Natural	10
Recreation and ceremony	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Other causes	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
7 September 2020	Power generation/transmission/distribution	5,500 acres	Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources	APPLE ACRES
4 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest	ALTA BREAKS
25 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	700 acres	Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest	MCCOY
21 September 2015	Natural	3.0 acres	Spokane District	APPLE ACRES
2 September 2019	Other causes	9.5 acres	Spokane District	WASHINGTON CREEK
14 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
13 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
5 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6,837 acres	Spokane District	ANTOINE 2

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Azwell: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Coulee Concrete Pit and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Dept of Highways	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Spillman Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Washington State Pitcpsu-205	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Chelan Concrete Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Chelan Concrete Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dept of Highways	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Godbey Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Godbey Red-E-Mix Concrete, Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chelan	10.0 miles	14
Chelan Falls	11.0 miles	8
Lake Chelan Hills	11.3 miles	14
Lakeside	11.6 miles	14
Manson	15.4 miles	13
Sunnybank	15.5 miles	14
Stayman	16.4 miles	14
Greens Landing	16.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1516006. 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.