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Curlew, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Curlew census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99118. It stands on Long Alec Creek. The Survey maps it on the Curlew quadrangle. 105 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,801 feet above sea level.

Curlew within Ferry County

On record in Curlew

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Curlew fell from 118 to 105 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
2010118
2020105-13 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Curlew between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,809 acres in total. 68 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
Natural68
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKETTLE
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestMERRY GOOSMUS
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2,208 acresNortheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesCUSTOMS ROAD
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestVULCAN PINCH
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHARRIER THAN ME
21 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCUSTOM TRUCK
2 September 2002Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestINCIDENT 171

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ferry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Curlew: 9 occurrences, 7 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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
Boston & New YorkSilver, Copper, LeadOccurrence
Boston and New YorkSilver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
ComstockCopper, Antimony, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Specularite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
CurlewLimestone, High CalciumOccurrenceSedimentary
CurlewStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
KettleGold, SilverOccurrenceGold, Pyrargyrite
LancasterCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
LancasterCopper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
PanamaSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperOccurrence
PanamaGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ferry County

Storms near this place

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curlew in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire. 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
August 1998WildfireCurlew$50,000Lightning sparked many fires near Curlew lake in forest land. Over 40 fires were reported with over 1300 acres burned.
April 2018FloodCurlew$20,000A road washout cut out and collapsed a 20 foot section of Highway 21 just north of Curlew.
May 2018FloodCurlew$5,000Highway 21 along the Kettle River near the intersection of Big Goosmus Road was closed due to flooding.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindCurlew$2,500Gust front from thunderstorm blew tree into house and powerlines. Minor structure damage occurred to house.
May 2017FloodCurlew$1,000The Kettle River flooded with water over Highway 21 near Little Goosmus Creek.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindCurlew$500Social media reports of strong winds and minor damage to trees and property near and north of curlew. Damaged tree branches have a 3 inch plus diameter. Time and location estimated based on radar.

Every storm recorded in Ferry 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
Malo5.8 miles15
Karamin8.2 miles15
Danville8.8 miles15
Toroda9.5 miles12
Pollard11.4 miles14
Torboy14.6 miles14
Republic17.9 miles14
Goldstake20.7 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 CurlewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473598The 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 1518417. 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.