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Camden, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99009. It lies near Scotia Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Camden quadrangle.

Camden within Pend Oreille County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Camden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 412 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 8 were 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 burning71
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony22
Other causes11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks6
Smoking3

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMUEHLE
6 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUNGE LINE
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELOODING BRAKES
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELK STRIKE
4 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 2018Debris and open burning4.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPHAY
3 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELK CAMDEN
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Camden: 6 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold, Tungsten, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elk QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lead Metal ProspectIron, Lead, ZincOccurrenceReplacement
NevellGold, Tungsten, SilverProspect
SunriseGold, SilverProspect
Dawn Uranium & OilUraniumProspect
GrahamUraniumProspect
StapletonUraniumProspect
WoldGoldProspect
Neville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camden in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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 2013Thunderstorm WindCamden1 killed, 1 hurt, $50,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout the county resulting in power outages and some damage to structures. Power outages were reported in Diamond Lake and Tiger but it was assumed many more power outages occurred in other communities. There was one fatality and one injury when a 200 foot tall tree uprooted and fell on a tent at the Stagger Inn Campground in the Kaniksu National Forest.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCamden2 hurt, $1,000,000A severe thunderstorm producing winds of 55 to 70 mph knocked down numerous trees across Pend Oreille County. The storms also brought periods of very heavy rainfall and small hail. The widespread tree damage led to power outages, blocked roads, and three injuries. The worst of the damage occurred in southern areas of the county near Diamond and Sacheen Lakes. There were two critical injuries at Diamond Lake. A tree fell on a boat as a family was attempting to dock the boat. The parents were critically injured but the two kids escaped without injury.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCamden$100,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees which blocked State Route 211. Strong winds also led to numerous areas of tree damage between Newport and the Spokane County border along Highway 2.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindCamden$1,000Washington DOT reports trees down on US2 just north of Fertile Valley Rd. Deer Park Airport reported a max gust of 36 MPH at the time.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCamden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Grahams4.7 miles13
Diamond Lake5.6 miles13
Scotia6.1 miles13
Deer Valley9.8 miles13
Penrith10.4 miles13
Tweedie10.6 miles12
Wolfred13.5 miles11
Dalkena13.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510856. 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.