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.
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
Okanogan Project: Conconully Resevoir Damlisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresConconully 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 210 | |
| 2020 | 193 | -17 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1906 USGS Chopaka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Conconully quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Conconully East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Conconully East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PRETTY PEACOCK |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | B STREET |
| 28 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 140 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STRAIGHT SCOTCH |
| 25 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Spokane District | RUBY CEM |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.4 acres | Spokane District | RUBY GRADE |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CONGER CREEK |
| 19 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BRICKET |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | MINERAL HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 113 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chief Sunshine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony | Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Chief Sunshine Claims | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | Vein | |
| Copper King | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Esther | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| First Thought Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1886, 1892 | |
| Gold Ridge Claims | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gubser | Zinc, Tungsten, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Gubser Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Gold, Silver | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Homestake | Lead, Silver, Gold, Bismuth | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Conconully | $1,000,000 | Evacuations 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 1998 | Flash Flood | Conconully | $100,000 | 2.25" of rain overnight. Salmon Creek being sandbagged. Some evacuations in Conconully. |
| August 2013 | Debris Flow | Conconully | $20,000 | Conconully 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conconully | $10,000 | A 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 2018 | Debris Flow | Conconully | $2,000 | Sinlahekin Road just east of Conconully was closed due to mud and debris over the road. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Conconully | $2,000 | The 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 2023 | Flood | Conconully | - | 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 2011 | Flood | Conconully | - | 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 2006 | Flood | Conconully | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Conconully | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conconully | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Conconully | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Conconully | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Loop Loop (historical) | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Brown Lake | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mowich Illahee | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| Riverside | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Epley (historical) | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Keystone | 14.1 miles | 11 | |
| Barker | 14.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Conconully | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1507455 | 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 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.






