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Delano Heights, Washington

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Grand Coulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99133. The Survey maps it on the Electric City quadrangle.

Delano Heights within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Delano Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34,668 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Fireworks9
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2012Natural17,049 acresSpokane DistrictBARKER CANYON
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyELMER CITY TRAILER P
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaSPRING CANYON
19 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution227 acresLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaSPRINGCANY
13 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreColville AgencyUSBR DUMP
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined230 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's Office230 SWITCH YARD FIRE
11 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColville AgencyCOLUMBIA VIEW APT
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaEDENHARBOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Delano Heights: 12 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum. 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
Black - RosauerMolybdenum, Silver, Gold, BismuthProducerGalena, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Black-RosauerSilver, Bismuth, Gold, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Electric CityMolybdenum, Bismuth, Gold, Beryllium, SilverProspect
PetersonUraniumOccurrence
State Pit Ps-T-158StonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black Rosauer-Electric CityMolybdenumOccurrence
Hope No. 1Silver, GoldProspect
Silver QueenSilverProspect
Allied Concrete Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Grand Coulee1.0 miles7
Electric City1.1 miles7
East Heights1.9 miles16
Osborne3.2 miles7
Hanson14.2 miles6
Hartline17.4 miles6
Fordair24.5 miles7
Odair25.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512144. 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.