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Chiwaukum, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Leavenworth-Lake Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98826. It stands on Skinney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winton quadrangle.

Chiwaukum within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Chiwaukum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,233 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 2 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
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2012Natural23 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSUNITSCH
4 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCHIWAUKUM
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestTUMWATER
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestPONDO
21 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 2020Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestTUMWATER
13 September 1996Natural1.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestDEADHORSE
11 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestTUMWATER CAMPGROUND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Chiwaukum: 8 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Mica, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Tumwater CanyonMagnesiteOccurrence
Tumwater CanyonMica, Talc-SoapstoneOccurrence
CadmanSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dillon 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fred G RedmonSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
HastingsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chiwaukum in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. 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 2023HailChiwaukum-Report observed while hiking around the Leavenworth area.

Every storm recorded in Chelan 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
Winton3.1 miles17
Coles Corner4.5 miles17
Chumstick5.1 miles17
Nason Creek6.1 miles17
Plain6.5 miles17
Leavenworth7.6 miles19
Merritt8.4 miles17
Peshastin10.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1517730. 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.