Bodie, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98859. It stands on Cumberland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bodie quadrangle. It stands 2,592 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1904 USGS Republic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Bodie Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bodie Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Republic quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Bodie quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Bodie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Bodie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 151 acres in total. 78 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BEAVER LAKE |
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | 8.3 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | EAST PONTIAC |
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BUCK ROAD |
| 8 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TORODA SCHOOLMARM |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | HARVEY HIKE |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Colville National Forest | BODIE LIGHTNING |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | VIRGINA LILLY |
| 30 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Bodie: 7 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Prospect | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Bodie | Gold, Silver, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold | |
| Bodie | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Bodie Gold Mine | Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | 1897, 1902, 1944 | |
| Hermance Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Kelly | Tungsten, Copper | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Kelly Camp | Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Tin | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite | |
| Lupin Claims | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Sheridan | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Thomason Pyrrhotite Prospect | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bodie in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bodie | $1,000 | A member of the public posted photos on social media of numerous trees down at the Beaver Lake Campground near Chesaw. Time of event estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Toroda | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wauconda Summit | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Old Wauconda | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Wauconda | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Chesaw | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Havillah | 16.3 miles | 12 | |
| Molson | 19.1 miles | 12 | |
| Aeneas | 20.2 miles | 14 |
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 Bodie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q371529 | 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 1516745. 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.







