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Coey, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99030. The Survey maps it on the Setters quadrangle.

Coey within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Coey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning9
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSETTERS RD
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMPBELL STRIKE
30 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELDER STARR
2 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 2008Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMICA BRICKYARD
15 September 2015Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH HARVARD
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSpokane County Fire DistrictsELDER WHEAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Coey: 9 occurrences, 7 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Saxby Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clay Occurrence Saxby AreaClayOccurrence
Excelsior Nontronite DepositClayOccurrence
Mica CreekClayOccurrence
Spokane Nontronite DepositClayOccurrence
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coey in 1 storm report in 2014: 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
February 2014FloodCoey$2,000,000Numerous areas across Spokane County experienced flooding on the 12th of February. Due to frozen grounds, the flood problems persisted through the 14th in some cases. A small ice jam on Coulee Heights Creek caused the creek to become diverted and flow into a private residence. Water was approximately five feet deep in the garage and surrounding home. A NWS employee observed up to two inches of water with some mud and small debris flowing down Rambo Road just north of the Forecast Office. Water was over a foot deep along the shoulders. The swift water washed out portions of the shoulder and foundation to the edges of the pavement. A few blocks away from the Forecast Office, water flooded the West Prairie Village Mobile home park located on the corner of Craig and Haid Lane. It was estimated that one to two feet of water filled sections of the park. In southern sections of the county, many secondary roads were flooded in low crossings. State route 27 just north of Latah near milepost 58 was impassible for a period of time due to water over the road. Water was also over the roadway along SR 2 two miles west of Airway Heights. Damage extended into the Spokane Valley with damage or flooding observed near the intersection of Sanson and MacDonald, Crown Street at Forker Draw, Ridgemont Estates on Shamrock Street, and Thorpe Road at Chester Creek.

Every storm recorded in Spokane 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
Manito1.3 miles16
Rockford3.3 miles12
Saxby3.4 miles12
Freeman4.6 miles16
Darknell5.6 miles12
Mount Hope6.5 miles12
Mica6.6 miles16
Valleyford7.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510886. 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.