Chillowist, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Colville Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98840. It stands on Tallant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Malott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1905 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Malott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Omak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Chillowist between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46,161 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 5 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2009 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Colville Agency | CAMERON LAKE LOOP RD |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEST O AND B ROAD |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | 223O CAMERON LAKE LO |
| 5 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | CAMERON II |
| 4 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville Agency | STEEL HOUS |
| 4 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | CAMERON I |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | 15 acres | Colville Agency | SOAP LAKE |
| 28 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Colville Agency | MALOTT HUD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Chillowist: 16 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Bromine, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Antimony | Antimony, Zinc, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Jim Vein | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Malott | Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Nickel | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite | |
| Malott | Quartz | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Malott | Copper, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silica, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Malott Prospect | Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Nickel | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Monse | Tungsten, Garnet | Occurrence | Garnet, Scheelite | |
| Okanogan | Chromium, Platinum | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Okanogan | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Okanogan County | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chillowist in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2013: 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chillowist | $240,000 | Numerous houses across sections of Omak east of Highway 97 between Omak River Road and Vista Vu Drive had shingles torn off the roof and large trees blown down. One house near the intersection of Kruse Street and West Parkway Street had eight panels of cedar fencing blown down. A few of the posts which were held down by concrete were snapped in half. In addition to the wind, damage to the fence was likely due to the neighbors small metal shed which was tossed roughly 150 yards. Metal roofing from a building at the Omak shooting range was peeled off. Numerous other trees were blown down in Eastside Park and surrounding area. Downed trees and damage to structures was also reported in the adjacent Colville Indian Reservation, specifically along Columbia River Road, Cold Springs Road, and North End Omak Lake Road including the Paschal Sherman Indian School. The public relayed that Boy Scout Camp Bonaparte on Bonaparte Lake north of Wauconda also received significant damage to three buildings and the storm knocked down a swath of trees. The Kramer RAWS clocked a wind gust to 62 mph before the storm entered city limits of Omak. A Davis weather station located on private property in Okanogan measured a wind gust to 66 mph. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Chillowist | $25,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malott | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Okanogan | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ophir | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wakefield | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Olema | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Epley (historical) | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Omak | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Loop Loop (historical) | 10.9 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122596447 | 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 1517708. 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.





