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Chopaka, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98827. It stands on Jewett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nighthawk quadrangle.

Chopaka within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Chopaka between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,069 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use537 acresSpokane DistrictBARBER MOUNTAIN
3 August 1994Natural960 acresSpokane DistrictSIMILKAMEN
2 August 1992Natural60 acresSpokane DistrictNIGHTHAWK
7 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLITTLE CHOPAKA
25 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNIGHTHAWK
25 July 1996Natural1.5 acresSpokane DistrictSALTY
23 July 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSWEET GRASS
19 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined97 acresSpokane DistrictNIGHTHAWK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Chopaka: 23 unknowns, 20 occurrences, 13 prospects, 10 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper. 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
CaliforniaCopper, Zinc, LeadUnknown
California ClaimCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
CatherineSilver, Zinc, Copper, PumiceUnknown
ChopakaSilver, Gold, CopperUnknown
Curlew ClaimsGold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceGalena
DefianceGold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Silica, LeadUnknown
EloiseSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperUnknown
Favorite MineLead, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Four MetalsSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerVein
Four MetalsLead, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chopaka in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2018FloodChopaka$1,000The USGS River Gage on the Similkameen River at Nighthawk recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 14.0 feet at 8:00 PM PST on May 8th. The river continued to rise and passed through the Moderate Flood Stage of 15.0 Feet at 3:45 AM on May 10th. The river crested at 15.5 feet at 12:15 AM on May 11th before receding below the Flood Stage at 6:15 PM on May 12th. The river rose again and passed through Flood Stage at 9:00 PM PST on May 14th, with this second crest reaching the minor flood level of 14.8 feet at 2:00 AM on May 17th. The river then receded back below the Flood Stage at 5:00 AM on May 19th.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindChopaka-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindChopaka-no account filed

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
Nighthawk4.9 miles11
Loomis13.2 miles11
Oroville15.9 miles15
Enterprise16.8 miles11
Cordell18.9 miles13
Ellisforde22.4 miles13
Tonasket25.3 miles11
Molson27.8 miles12

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 Q122542079The 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 1517741. 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.