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Conconully, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Conconully-Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98819. It stands on North Fork Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conconully East quadrangle. 193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,303 feet above sea level.

Conconully within Okanogan County

On record in Conconully

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Conconully fell from 210 to 193 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010210
2020193-17 (-8%)

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

75 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Conconully between 1993 and 2020, burning about 133,006 acres in total. 37 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
Natural37
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Fireworks2
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
5 September 2013Natural2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPRETTY PEACOCK
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersB STREET
28 September 2004Recreation and ceremony140 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTRAIGHT SCOTCH
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresSpokane DistrictRUBY CEM
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresSpokane DistrictRUBY GRADE
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCONGER CREEK
19 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBRICKET
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictMINERAL HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 113 workings within 5 miles of Conconully: 40 unknowns, 30 occurrences, 19 past producers, 14 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Gold, 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
Berney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chief SunshineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, AntimonyProducerGalena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Chief Sunshine ClaimsZinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, LeadProspectVein
Copper KingLead, Silver, Copper, ZincUnknown
EstherLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperUnknown
First Thought MineZinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer1886, 1892
Gold Ridge ClaimsGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
GubserZinc, Tungsten, Gold, CopperProspect
Gubser MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Gold, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
HomestakeLead, Silver, Gold, BismuthPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conconully in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 flood, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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
July 2022Flash FloodConconully$1,000,000Evacuations ongoing along the north fork Salmon Creek road, with the bridge on north side of town overtopped with water. Several people are trapped in Kerr campground from flash flooding of the north fork of the Salmon river. North fork salmon creek road washed out in multiple locations from flash flooding. Sinlahekin road flooded and impassable. Road washed out near Salmon Meadows campground from flash flooding. |Reports of at least 25 residences inundated with water. A cabin under construction was destroyed from flood waters.
May 1998Flash FloodConconully$100,0002.25" of rain overnight. Salmon Creek being sandbagged. Some evacuations in Conconully.
August 2013Debris FlowConconully$20,000Conconully was pounded by heavy rain for almost two hours leading to backed up culverts and mudslides. One slide was two to three feet deep on Lake Street. A second slide was two feet deep on Sinlahekin Road. Three houses on Silver Street had some minor water damage.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindConconully$10,000A tree fell on a tent and trapped an unknown number of occupants. Other downed trees were reported in the recreational vehicle park on the north side of the Conconully Reservoir. Windows from some of the recreational vehicles located at the park were blown out as well. Wind damage was localized to this one area in the town of Conconully. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated.
April 2018Debris FlowConconully$2,000Sinlahekin Road just east of Conconully was closed due to mud and debris over the road.
May 2018FloodConconully$2,000The City of Conconully reported that the North Fork of Salmon Creek had a rapid rise on May 6th, causing water to flow over the Broadway Street Bridge. Over a span of the next two weeks, the North Fork rose and fell daily with the diurnal snow melt cycle, causing the water to occasionally flow over the bridge.
May 2023FloodConconully-Broadway Street Bridge is closed due to water from North Fork Salmon Creek flowing over it. photos/videos from emergency manager. 5/4/23. Snow melt combined with near quarter of an inch of rain contributed to creek rise.
May 2011FloodConconully-On May 22nd, Sinlahekin Road was closed between Fish Lake and Blue Lake due to water and debris flowing over the roadway. The road was later reopened but closed on and off for the next few weeks.
May 2006FloodConconully-no account filed
July 2006HailConconully-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindConconully-no account filed
August 2006HailConconully-no account filed
August 2006HailConconully-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
Ruby4.3 miles11
Loop Loop (historical)7.6 miles11
Brown Lake8.0 miles11
Mowich Illahee11.6 miles13
Riverside13.4 miles11
Epley (historical)13.7 miles12
Keystone14.1 miles11
Barker14.3 miles11

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 ConconullyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1507455The 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 1518000. 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.