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Deep Creek, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Airway Heights census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99029. The Survey maps it on the Deep Creek quadrangle.

Deep Creek within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Deep Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,764 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHRISTENSEN
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBARTHOLOMEW VALVE
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined210 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFANCHER STUBBLE
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHWY 902X2
22 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHRISTENSEN
2 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMCFARLANE
18 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersESPANOLA DINNER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Deep Creek: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Airway Heights QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Giles & Peat QuarryGranitePast Producer
Keene QuarryGranitePast Producer
Medical Lake, County QuarryGranitePast Producer
Deep Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Galena PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hite 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 Spokane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deep Creek in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 flood. 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 2025FloodDeep Creek-WSDOT reported US-2 closure west of Fairchild AFB, with water over the road.

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
Fairchild2.4 miles12
Espanola3.2 miles13
Hite3.8 miles9
Medical Lake5.1 miles13
Airway Heights6.3 miles12
Lakeland Village6.4 miles13
Silver Lake7.1 miles13
Lyons7.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510908. 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.