Beebe, Washington
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98843. It lies near McNeil Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Chelan Falls quadrangle. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Chelan Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Chelan Falls quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Beebe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102,650 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 700 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MCCOY |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UNION 3 |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | 175 acres | Spokane District | DEER MTN |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | 440 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | THE BUTTE |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 168 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UNION VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Beebe: 13 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelan Butte | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Chelan Falls Deposit | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Chelan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Chelan | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Union Valley | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Butte | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cook | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Kingsman and Pershall | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeside Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beebe in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Debris Flow | Beebe | $7,000 | A Newspaper reported multiple slides on McNeil Canyon Road with one shoulder washed out. In addition two cars and a boat slid several feet due to water flood waters coming down a driveway. This all occurred generally 6 miles east of Chelan, WA. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Spring | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Howard | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Lamoine | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| McLeans Orchard (historical) | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Withrow | 11.9 miles | 6 | |
| Supplee | 13.4 miles | 7 | |
| Dyer | 13.5 miles | 7 | |
| Okanogan City (historical) | 13.8 miles | 7 |
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 Beebe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988896 | 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 1516367. 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.




