Chattaroy, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Deer Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99003. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chattaroy quadrangle. It stands 1,703 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Deer Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Chattaroy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
268 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Chattaroy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 89 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORA'S LAST |
| 8 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WILD ROSE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILAN ROAD |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KONA |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OWENS LAKE |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | REGAL FIELD |
| 4 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEER CREEK GET TOGETHER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Chattaroy: 19 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Milan | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Milan | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Spokane Area Clay Deposits | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Bartlett Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hansen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Spokane Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Norlite Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chattaroy in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chattaroy | $10,000 | Downed power lines and outages in Spokane County 4 Miles SW of Chattaroy. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Chattaroy | - | Amount of 0.50 rain fell in 20 minutes. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chattaroy | - | A tree was blown down near a home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Colbert | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Denison | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hamann Corner | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Milan | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Green Bluff | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Deer Park | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dartford | 7.9 miles | 14 |
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 Chattaroy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5087915 | The 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 1512083. 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.






