Chesaw, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98844. It stands on Mary Ann Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chesaw quadrangle. It stands 2,913 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Osoyoos quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Osoyoos quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mt. Bonaparte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Chesaw quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Chesaw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Chesaw between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26 acres in total. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOTANICAL STRIKE |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BETH 40 |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BYERS SLOPE |
| 10 September 1995 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BETH RIDGE |
| 3 August 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MEYERS CREEK |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
| 15 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Spokane District | PONDEROSA STRIKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 103 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 103 workings within 5 miles of Chesaw: 38 unknowns, 28 occurrences, 20 past producers, 15 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Aztec Claim | Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Metal, Gold, Silver | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Buckhorn Mountain | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Buckhorn Mountain | Garnet | Unknown | ||
| Buckhorn Mtn Magnetic, Neutral, Aztec | Iron, Copper, Gold, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Buckhorn Mtn. | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Butcher Boy | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Butcher Boy | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Butcher Boy Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1909 | |
| Caribou | Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chesaw in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesaw | - | Lost Lake RAWS recorded wind gusts of 62 MPH. |
| September 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Chesaw | - | A funnel cloud was spotted between the towns of Molson and Chesaw off of Fields Road. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Chesaw | - | 1.4 inches of rain in 15 minutes. Some flooding in Torado Creek |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molson | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bodie | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Havillah | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Old Toroda | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wauconda | 15.3 miles | 13 | |
| Wauconda Summit | 16.0 miles | 16 | |
| Old Wauconda | 16.9 miles | 16 | |
| Cordell | 19.9 miles | 13 |
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 Chesaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5092899 | 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 1517666. 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.







