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Cedonia, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hunters-Gifford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99137. It stands on Harvey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedonia quadrangle. It stands 1,719 feet above sea level.

Cedonia 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Cedonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,076 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 11 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
Natural46
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks5
Other causes2

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 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHARVEY WALLHANGER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11,797 acresColville AgencyKEWA FIELD
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLIGHTNING HUNTERS
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresColville AgencyTRUDELL
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHUNTERS WOODPILE
26 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHARRY HARVEY
23 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 2013Naturalunder an acreColville AgencyLAWSON FLATS II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of Cedonia: 35 occurrences, 19 unknowns, 11 prospects, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Horse StockwellTungstenOccurrenceWolframite
BrooksSilver, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
HoodooSilver, Lead, Antimony, Copper, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
IxlLead, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Little FrankLead, Antimony, Copper, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Limonite, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Plymouth RockLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProspectVein
Plymouth RockLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
ReadIron, Copper, Tungsten, Tin, Titanium, Metal, Manganese, MolybdenumOccurrence
ReadIron, CopperProspectContact Metamorphic
ReadTungsten, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedonia in 1 storm report in 2009: 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
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCedonia-The Sheriff reported the public utility company had to clear the road and repair powerlines at Lesig Road and Locke Road and clear downed trees.

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
Hunters3.1 miles10
Bissel5.0 miles10
Fruitland5.9 miles10
Turk7.5 miles10
Deer Trail9.1 miles10
Enterprise10.0 miles10
Gifford10.6 miles10
Edendale (historical)11.2 miles10

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 CedoniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5057058The 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 1510867. 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.