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Camas, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Springdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99173. It lies near Sorenson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Forest Center quadrangle.

Camas within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Camas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Other causes5
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLUTHER
8 September 1992Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDRUM SPOT
4 September 1995Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPRINGDALE PILE
27 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 1994Smoking3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Camas: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Clay, Dolomite, Stone, Dimension. 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
Allen Clay PropertyClayOccurrence
Gehrke QuarryDolomiteProducer
SpringdaleStone, DimensionPast Producer
Lyons Hill Silica QuarrySilicaUnknown
Springdale DepositSilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camas in 1 storm report in 2022: 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCamas$15,000A collapsing thunderstorm brought outflow winds downing trees and power lines West of Springdale, Southeast of Tum Tum, and Northeast of Loon Lake. 1200 customers were without power for several hours.

Every storm recorded in Stevens 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
Cline5.9 miles10
Springdale6.4 miles10
Grays7.3 miles10
Ford9.5 miles10
Carrs Corner10.4 miles9
Kulzer10.5 miles11
Waits11.1 miles9
Valley11.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1534117. 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.