BlockBroadway, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the East Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98802. The Survey maps it on the Wenatchee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1913 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Broadway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,864 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,610 acres | Spokane District | CRYSTAL |
| 3 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 22 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STEMILT CREEK |
| 20 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CANYON VIEW |
| 8 July 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15,023 acres | Spokane District | BADGER MT |
| 6 July 2014 | Fireworks | 180 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKYLINE |
| 14 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chelan County Fire Districts | STEMILT HILL |
| 6 June 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LILY LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Broadway: 28 past producers, 16 occurrences, 7 prospects, 4 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Cannon Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic | Producer | Acanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Lovitt | Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic, Lead | Past Producer | 1885, 1894 | |
| Squaw Saddle | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Batterman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Gulch | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Rooster Comb | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Sampson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Squaw Saddle No. 1 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Squaw Saddle No. 2 | Aluminum, Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Hill | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Terrace Park | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| East Wenatchee Bench | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| East Wenatchee | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Patterson (historical) | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Island | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Voltage | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Orondo | 14.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1530366. 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.