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Carlton, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Methow Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98856. It stands on Puckett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Methow quadrangle. It stands 1,414 feet above sea level.

Carlton within Okanogan 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Carlton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,798 acres in total. 63 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
Natural63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2012Natural6,169 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBUCKHORN
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTEXAS STRIKE
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersQUAKEY TEXAS
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTEXAS ROCKS
9 September 2012Natural1,319 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLEECHER
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTOKES STRIKE
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTEXAS PINE
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBOX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Carlton: 11 unknowns, 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Antimony, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic. 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
Antimony QueenAntimony, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Antimony Queen MineAntimony, Gold, Zinc, Tungsten, Copper, LeadPast Producer1906, 1972
BalesAntimony, Arsenic, NickelPast ProducerStibiconite, Stibnite
Bales MineAntimony, Arsenic, NickelProducer1947, 1951
ChickamumCopper, Silver, GoldUnknown
CrystaliteGold, Antimony, Copper, SilverUnknown
Dutch John LeaseMolybdenum, Tungsten, Iron, CopperOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Dutch John, Sherwood, LodgeCopper, Tungsten, MolybdenumProspect
Methow RiverStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
MinnieGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Sulfur, TungstenPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlton in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 debris flow, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2014Thunderstorm WindCarlton$40,000A thunderstorm that passed over the Methow Valley produced wind gusts that knocked down power lines and toppled trees. Several roads were temporarily closed from downed trees including Highway 20, Highway 153, and Twin Lakes Road. Several residences in Twisp and Winthrop area were damaged when trees hit the homes or landed on roofs. Lightning also sparked new wildfires within the Methow Valley, one which grew large and became known as the Little Bridge Creek Wildfire.
August 2014Debris FlowCarlton$10,000Route 153 was closed at Cow Creek due to a mudslide approximately one foot deep covering eighty feet of the roadway. The slide crossed the road and went into the Twisp River. Mud and rocks washed on to Route 20 near Loup Loup Pass from Frazer Creek. A second hand report stated that a motorcyclist accident occurred at the location of the flow due to the motorcyclists attempting to drive through the mud. It is unclear if the motorcyclist saw the mud or not. It is unclear if the motorcyclist was injured. French Creek at Burma Road flooded sending water and some debris onto private property and up to four homes. At least two homes got some mud and water into home.
July 2022Heavy RainCarlton-Leecher raws recorded 0.57 of rain in 2 hours.
May 2015Flash FloodCarlton-An emergency manager reported rapid rise on Texas Creek which caused residents of a house to move to the roof of their house in Carlton, WA. The water rise reached very close to the deck of the house.
May 2015Flash FloodCarlton-Law Enforcement reported a debris flow along highway 153 which is around 4 miles west of Carlton, WA.
August 2015Debris FlowCarlton-A local newspaper reported a mud or rock slide onto highway 153 near Ross Road which is two miles northeast of Carlton, WA. The area is part of the Carlton Complex burn scar of 2014.
July 2014Debris FlowCarlton-Firefighters on the Carlton Complex reported a mud slide near the middle fork of Gold Creek.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCarlton-Location: Leecher RAWS site at an elevation of 4991 feet
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCarlton-no account filed

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
Twisp8.0 miles14
Methow10.1 miles13
Paradise Hill13.0 miles13
Winthrop16.3 miles15
Olema16.7 miles12
Pateros17.7 miles13
Mowich Illahee19.0 miles13
Brewster20.7 miles12

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 CarltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5042945The 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 1517403. 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.