BlockBefore

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.

Blewett within Chelan County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

59 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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 2012Natural6.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSCOTTY CREEK
9 September 2012Natural3.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestINGALLS CREEK
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSAVANNAH
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFISH HATCHERY
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSAND CREEK
5 September 1994Natural2.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSHASER #7
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersUPPER CAMAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 111 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blewett CampGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Antimony, Arsenic, Chromium, MercuryPast Producer1874
Blewett IronIron, Nickel, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Hematite, Magnetite
Blewett IronIron, Nickel, ChromiumProspectChromite, Hematite, Magnetite, Spinel
Blewett Iron-Nickel DepositNickel, Iron, ChromiumProspect1860
Blewett Pass Pitwash Nickel AlloyIron, Chromium, NickelPast Producer
Blewett TungstenTungsten, GoldProspect
BlinnGold, SulfurPast Producer
Caldo ProspectMica, Silver, GoldProspect
CaledoniaGold, Silver, Copper, AntimonyOccurrencePyrite, Tetrahedrite
CaledoniaSilver, Gold, Antimony, CopperProspect

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Dryden9.7 miles17
Peshastin10.6 miles17
Leavenworth11.9 miles19
Cashmere12.2 miles13
Monitor13.5 miles14
West Wenatchee16.3 miles16
Sunnyslope17.4 miles16
Olds17.7 miles16

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 Q4926418The 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.