Blewett, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cashmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98847. It lies near Culver Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Blewett quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Blewett
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Blewett Arrastralisted 1974 · 0.3 miles away
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.
- 1897 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1902 USGS Mt Stuart quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Blewett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2003 USGS Blewett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Blewett (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,476 acres in total. 35 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 | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | SCOTTY CREEK |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | INGALLS CREEK |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SAVANNAH |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FISH HATCHERY |
| 5 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | SAND CREEK |
| 5 September 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | SHASER #7 |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UPPER CAMAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 111 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Blewett (historical): 44 past producers, 29 occurrences, 27 prospects, 10 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Nickel, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blewett Camp | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Antimony, Arsenic, Chromium, Mercury | Past Producer | 1874 | |
| Blewett Iron | Iron, Nickel, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite, Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Blewett Iron | Iron, Nickel, Chromium | Prospect | Chromite, Hematite, Magnetite, Spinel | |
| Blewett Iron-Nickel Deposit | Nickel, Iron, Chromium | Prospect | 1860 | |
| Blewett Pass Pitwash Nickel Alloy | Iron, Chromium, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Blewett Tungsten | Tungsten, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Blinn | Gold, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Caldo Prospect | Mica, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Caledonia | Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony | Occurrence | Pyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Caledonia | Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Peshastin | 10.6 miles | 17 | |
| Leavenworth | 11.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cashmere | 12.2 miles | 13 | |
| Monitor | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| West Wenatchee | 16.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyslope | 17.4 miles | 16 | |
| Olds | 17.7 miles | 16 |
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 Blewett (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4926418 | 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 1530758. 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.







