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Corfu, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mattawa-Royal City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99357. The Survey maps it on the Corfu quadrangle. It stands 633 feet above sea level.

Corfu within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

73 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Corfu between 1993 and 2020, burning about 24,046 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 7 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
7 September 2018Natural11,464 acresHanford Reach National MonumentWAHLUKE SLOPE
6 September 2013Natural16 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexSADDLE NORTH
5 September 2013Natural39 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexHWY 24
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresColumbia National Wildlife RefugeLOWER CRAB CREEK 2
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresSpokane DistrictBENCH ROAD
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use48 acresHanford Reach National MonumentIRRIGATION
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHanford Reach National MonumentIRRIGATION 2
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColumbia National Wildlife RefugePATTY

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Corfu: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
Saddle MountainsGemstoneOccurrence
CorfuSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Corfu PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sims PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corfu in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2013: 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Flash FloodCorfu$15,000A washout occurred along Lower Crab Creek Road.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindCorfu-Winds in Warden were sustained 30 to 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 58 miles per hour as the gust from moved through. Numerous trees downed and widespread power outages across the Moses Lake area. Some trees fell on houses and on vehicles. An outbuilding was destroyed and a fence was damaged by flying debris. At least six power poles were snapped off near Soap Lake. Schools across the Moses Lake area were closed the following day due to impacts from the storm.

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Royal City11.0 miles12
Smyrna11.1 miles12
Marine View11.9 miles11
Jericho17.9 miles16
Westlake20.9 miles21
Mae21.1 miles22
Low Gap21.4 miles16
McDonald21.8 miles14

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 CorfuAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657766The 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 1510890. 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.