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Dartford, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Deer Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99208. It stands on Dartford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dartford quadrangle. It stands 1,670 feet above sea level.

Dartford within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

417 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Dartford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 633 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 19 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
Recreation and ceremony111
Misuse of fire by a minor78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Debris and open burning49
Fireworks19
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Other causes7
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 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEONE
7 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMAG CAMP
5 September 2017Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SPOKANE
5 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE VISTA
5 September 2003Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Dartford: 29 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Granite, Silica. 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
DartfordManganeseOccurrence1943
DenisonMica, QuartzOccurrence
Evergreen QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Little Spokane River QuarryGranitePast Producer
McKinleySilicaProspect
MeadPumicePast Producer
Mead Reduction PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalProducer1942
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Building Supplies, Inc.ClayPast Producer
Fivemile PrairieClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dartford in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
February 1999Flash FloodDartford$500,000Heavy rain in addition to snowmelt produced high water levels on the Little Spokane River, where flooding was pronounced near Dartford at the Pine River Park and several roads were under water. Other small streams were running at bankfull, including Rock Creek at Rockford, Hangman Creek and Money Creek near Deer Park.
March 1999Flash FloodDartford$200,000Heavy rain in addition to snow melt lead to another rise of the Little Spokane River near Dartford where the stage reached 6.9 feet. The area with the most impact was Pine River Park along with several roads in this vicinity which were flooded.
April 2000Flash FloodDartford$60,000Heavy rainfall and mountain snowmelt lead to rapid rises on the Little Spokane River near Dartford. Much of this annual flooding was restricted to flooded basements, minor road damage and flooding a county park.
May 1997HailDartford$20,0001 inch hail, paint stripped off home
May 1997Heavy RainDartford$20,0006 foot diameter culvert pipe washed out from dirt road
May 1997Thunderstorm WindDartford$10,00065 mph thunderstorm gust w/trees down
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDartford$1,000Numerous power lines were down near intersection of Little Spokane and Wandermere in North Spokane. Gust of 47 MPH was reported in the area.
May 1997HailDartford-2 inch hail and very strong winds

Every storm recorded in Spokane 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
Fairwood1.2 miles14
Country Homes2.6 miles18
Hamann Corner3.2 miles14
Mead3.5 miles15
Town and Country4.0 miles18
Buckeye4.6 miles15
Colbert4.9 miles15
Seven Mile5.8 miles12

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 DartfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19867190The 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 1512136. 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.