BlockDowns, Washington
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Odessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99134. The Survey maps it on the Lamona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lamona quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Downs in 1997, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | LAMONA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Downs: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammersmith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Downs in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Downs | $80,000 | In the town of Harrington, two large trees were split. One tree was located on the golf course and second on 5th and Sherlock. No damage was noted to the property. Widespread two to four inch branches were scattered on ground around town. The Odessa Agrimet Sensor clocked a peak wind gust of 57 miles per hour. Several trees were downed in Davenport but no property damage was reported. One tree did land on a powerline leading to 29 power outages. A large tree was blown down at the Sherman Cemetary. A greenhouse was destroyed on a property located seven miles north of Reardan. The Spring Canyon RAWS located three miles southeast of Coulee Dam clocked a wind gust of 65 miles per hour. The storm also knocked down multiple trees at the Lakeview Terrace mobile home park. Two mobile homes were damaged. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Downs | $2,000 | Sustained winds of 30 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph knocked down trees in Harrington and produced a wall of dust across Lincoln County. Visibility was reduced below a mile along sections of Highway 2 as the storm moved through. A sensor at the Sevens Bay Marina clocked a wind gust of 59 mph. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Downs | - | A roof was blown off of a barn approximately eight miles southeast of Harrington. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511503. 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.