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Diamond Lake, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99156. It lies near Deer Valley. The Survey maps it on the Camden quadrangle. It stands 2,352 feet above sea level.

Diamond Lake within Pend Oreille County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 26 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
Debris and open burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural26
Recreation and ceremony24
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Other causes5
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks2

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
9 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDIAMOND RHYME
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELOODING BRAKES
30 September 2018Debris and open burning4.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPHAY
3 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBEAVER VALLEY VITAMINS
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRAY
25 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTELEPHONE
25 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Diamond Lake: 7 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Lead Metal ProspectIron, Lead, ZincOccurrenceReplacement
Lena Belle ProspectAntimonyOccurrenceStibnite
ReidtCopper, GoldOccurrence
BuckSilverProspect
LloydLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProspect
Mount PisgahLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperUnknown
SunriseGold, SilverProspect
GilbertGoldProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Penrith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

16 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diamond Lake in 16 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 2008Thunderstorm WindDiamond Lake1 killedA man was killed after a tree fell on him during a thunderstorm. The man was trying to keep a dock from floating away during the high winds. The exact age of the man is not known, but was in his late 50s.
July 2011FloodDiamond Lake$10,000Diamond Lake flooded its banks and water inundating a few basements of lakeside homes and private roads. The exact number of homes impacted was unknown at the time and damage costs were estimated.
June 2011FloodDiamond Lake$10,000Diamond Lake flooded its banks and water inundating a few basements of lakeside homes and private roads. The exact number of homes impacted was unknown at the time and damage costs were estimated.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindDiamond Lake$5,000A spotter reported 4 trees uprooted and a few power poles snapped with power outages as a result of strong local outflow winds from a nearby thunderstorm. Time is estimated from radar data.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindDiamond Lake$1,000Law enforcement reported downed trees and power lines on Green Road in the Diamond Lake area.
July 2005HailDiamond Lake$1,000A severe thunderstorm moved through the town of Diamond Lake during the early afternoon hours. The storm dropped up to one inch diameter hail in a few locations in the town of Diamond Lake. There was an estimated amount of one thousand dollars for property damage due to hail damage.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDiamond Lake$500Social media report of a tree down in the Diamond Lake area. A max gusts of 39 MPH was recorded in Newtown, Idaho, near the location.
February 2015FloodDiamond Lake$500A COOP observer reported minor street flooding 5 miles west northwest of Diamond Lake, WA near Sacheen Lake. The 48 hour rainfall total leading up to the flood amounted to 2.18 inches of rain.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindDiamond Lake-WSDOT report of tree partially blocking U.S. 2 near Diamond Lake.
June 2022Heavy RainDiamond Lake-An estimated 1.65 inches of rain received since midnight.
September 2011Flash FloodDiamond Lake-Heavy rain fell at rate of approximately one and one quarter of an inch per hour resulted in fast flowing water down a sloped front yard of a residence. Loose soil was easily carried by the runoff, which created a flow of mud that covered the driveway of the residence. No damage was reported.
June 2011Heavy RainDiamond Lake-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDiamond Lake-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindDiamond Lake-no account filed
June 2006HailDiamond Lake-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDiamond Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Grahams2.5 miles13
Scotia2.6 miles13
Camden5.6 miles13
Penrith5.7 miles13
Deer Valley6.8 miles13
Wolfred7.9 miles11
Furport8.4 miles11
Tweedie8.5 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 Diamond LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q60760115The 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 1518755. 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.