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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.

Chesaw within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

40 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural24
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBOTANICAL STRIKE
2 September 2005Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBETH 40
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBYERS SLOPE
10 September 1995Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
31 August 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBETH RIDGE
3 August 2015Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEYERS CREEK
3 August 1994Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named
15 August 2018Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictPONDEROSA STRIKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 103 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Apex MineGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Aztec ClaimIron, Copper, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Metal, Gold, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Buckhorn MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Buckhorn MountainGarnetUnknown
Buckhorn Mtn Magnetic, Neutral, AztecIron, Copper, Gold, TungstenOccurrence
Buckhorn Mtn.Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Butcher BoyGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Butcher BoyGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadUnknown
Butcher Boy MineGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer1909
CaribouGold, Silver, Copper, IronPast ProducerContact Metasomatic

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Thunderstorm WindChesaw-Lost Lake RAWS recorded wind gusts of 62 MPH.
September 2013Funnel CloudChesaw-A funnel cloud was spotted between the towns of Molson and Chesaw off of Fields Road.
June 1998Flash FloodChesaw-1.4 inches of rain in 15 minutes. Some flooding in Torado Creek

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
Molson8.3 miles12
Bodie11.3 miles12
Havillah11.5 miles12
Old Toroda13.8 miles12
Wauconda15.3 miles13
Wauconda Summit16.0 miles16
Old Wauconda16.9 miles16
Cordell19.9 miles13

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 ChesawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5092899The 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.