Cherokee, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Colville Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98841. It lies near Pothole Canyon. The Survey maps it on The Pothole quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Omak Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS The Pothole quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Omak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Cherokee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,110 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Fireworks | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Colville Agency | MOOMAW |
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colville Agency | W. MOOMAWS |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville Agency | OMAK HUDS |
| 4 September 2014 | Natural | 44 acres | Colville Agency | WILD HORSE |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | WANNACUT CREEK II |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | ANNOCOTT CREEK |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville Agency | MF HUD |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | SOUTH WANACUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Cherokee: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Magnesite, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canamera Milling and Smelting | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Okanogan County Road Div | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Riverside | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Deposit 2 | Dolomite | Occurrence | Dolomite | |
| N.W.L. Brown | Dolomite | Occurrence | Dolomite | |
| Riverside | Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Riverside Placer | Platinum | Unknown | ||
| Deposit 2 | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit 3 | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| N W L Brown | Magnesite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Omak | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Riverside | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Omak | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Epley (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Keystone | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Synarep | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Okanogan | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Barker | 8.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1517660. 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.




