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Dryden, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cashmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98821. It lies near Williams Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Peshastin quadrangle. It stands 968 feet above sea level.

Dryden within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Dryden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,684 acres in total. 38 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
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBRISKY CANYON 2
9 September 2012Natural2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersL7
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBRISKY CANYON
8 September 2012Natural40 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWILLIAMS
8 September 2012Natural1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJUDGE CANYON
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTABER
3 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestHAY
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBLAG MOUNTAIN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Dryden: 16 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Asbestos. 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
Amalgamated Gold Mines CoGold, SilverPast Producer
Mill CreekAsbestosOccurrence
Wednesday PlacerGoldPast Producer
Wenatchee River PlacerGoldPast Producer
Carter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
CashmereSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cashmere PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hughes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LatimerSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Peshastin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dryden in 3 storm reports in 2006: 1 flash flood, 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
June 2006Flash FloodDryden-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDryden-no account filed
July 2006HailDryden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chelan 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
Peshastin3.1 miles17
Cashmere5.0 miles13
Leavenworth6.5 miles19
Monitor8.4 miles14
Blewett (historical)9.7 miles15
Chumstick11.0 miles17
Sunnyslope12.8 miles16
West Wenatchee12.9 miles16

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 DrydenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5309661The 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 1518980. 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.