Cordell, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98844. The Survey maps it on the Ellisforde quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Osoyoos quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Osoyoos quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Ellisforde quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Ellisforde quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Cordell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,026 acres in total. 51 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 | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCK LAKE STRIKE |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCK N WANNACUT |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Other causes | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILL COOKER |
| 16 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MCDONALD |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WANNACUT |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OROVILLE SIDE |
| 10 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | MOSQUITO CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Cordell: 11 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 8 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Stephanite | |
| Bonanza No.4 | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| E-10 | Lead, Copper, Arsenic | Unknown | ||
| E-15 | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| E-17 | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Forty Ninth Parallel | Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| O K Copper | Gold, Tungsten, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Okanogan County | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oroville Brick Yard | Brick Clay | Prospect | ||
| Poison Lake | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cordell in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordell | $2,000 | Multiple trees down and power poles snapped in the Wannacut Lake area. Oroville RAWS reported a gust of 55 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oroville | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ellisforde | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Enterprise | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Tonasket | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Havillah | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Loomis | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Molson | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Nighthawk | 14.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1518106. 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.







