BlockCovello, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99328. The Survey maps it on the Turner quadrangle. It stands 2,434 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1937 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Turner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Covello between 2001 and 2020, burning about 11,540 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | INC 1183-MUTUAL AID |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,500 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | HUBBARD FIRE |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 June 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 May 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Covello: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barkley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
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 Covello | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988929 | 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 1510894. 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.