BlockBingville, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Chewelah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99109. It lies near Brewer Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cliff Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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
- 1964 USGS Chewelah Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Cliff Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Cliff Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Bingville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 32 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BURNT VALLEY |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville National Forest | SIXMILE CREEK |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville National Forest | WILSON CREEK |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | LIL DRUMMOND |
| 18 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 6 MILE CREEK |
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge | NATURAL PINES FIRE |
| 14 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge | MANN-KILLER |
| 11 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | CHEWELAH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Bingville: 13 occurrences, 10 prospects, 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcher | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Burnt Valley | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Chewelah Consolidated | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Chinto | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Chinto | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Queen | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Mountain | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Mountain Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Jay Dee | Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Copper, Lead | Producer | Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Little Jewel | Beryllium, Mica | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1516570. 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.