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Dishman, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99206. The Survey maps it on the Spokane NE quadrangle.

Dishman within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

375 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 375 fires within 5 miles of Dishman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,786 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 49 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 ceremony134
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Arson/incendiarism49
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Debris and open burning15
Natural13
Fireworks12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking10
Other causes6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2014Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSALTESE
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT PURSUIT
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIRABEAU RIVER
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersESMERALDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Dishman: 29 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Empire Granite QuarryGranite, Silica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sumers Clay PitKaolinPast Producer
Bigelow GulchFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
DishmanSilicaOccurrence
H. Seidel Clay Co.ClayPast Producer
Shelley LakeClayPast Producer
Sommer PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Spokane Silica Sand DepositSilicaOccurrence
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Havana and 10th QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dishman in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
May 1997Thunderstorm WindDishman-61 mph gust
August 2008HailDishman-no account filed

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
Millwood1.7 miles19
East Spokane1.7 miles19
Orchard Avenue2.0 miles19
Opportunity2.3 miles18
Orchard Park2.6 miles19
Spokane Valley2.6 miles18
Yardley2.8 miles19
Pasadena Park2.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512151. 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.