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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.

Bodie within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

98 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural78
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2018Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBEAVER LAKE
8 September 2018Natural8.3 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestEAST PONTIAC
8 September 2018Natural1.7 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUCK ROAD
8 September 2004Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTORODA SCHOOLMARM
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestHARVEY HIKE
6 September 1995Natural2.0 acresColville National ForestBODIE LIGHTNING
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestVIRGINA LILLY
30 September 1992Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beaver ProspectGold, SilverOccurrencePyrite
BodieGold, Silver, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
BodieCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Bodie Gold MineGold, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer1897, 1902, 1944
Hermance Manganese ProspectManganeseUnknown
KellyTungsten, CopperOccurrenceScheelite
Kelly CampTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, TinPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
Lupin ClaimsLeadUnknown
SheridanSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldUnknown
Thomason Pyrrhotite ProspectIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBodie$1,000A 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.

Every storm recorded in Okanogan 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
Old Toroda3.9 miles12
Wauconda Summit8.0 miles16
Old Wauconda8.9 miles16
Wauconda9.6 miles13
Chesaw11.3 miles12
Havillah16.3 miles12
Molson19.1 miles12
Aeneas20.2 miles14

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 BodieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q371529The 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.