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Dynamite, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Amber-Cheney South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99004. The Survey maps it on the Spangle West quadrangle. It stands 2,333 feet above sea level.

Dynamite within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Dynamite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,182 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 10 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony27
Equipment and vehicle use19
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Arson/incendiarism10
Other causes9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4

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 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeCURTIS RD.
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCURTIS ROAD
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPOTTED STRIKEOUT
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPOTTED STRIKE
3 September 2010Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTENTZ ROAD
3 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Dynamite: 14 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Gemstone. 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
CheneyFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Fish LakeGemstoneOccurrence
Fish LakeSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Fish LakeUraniumOccurrence
Fish Lake PegmatiteFeldsparOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Scribner4.9 miles11
Marshall5.4 miles17
East Cheney5.5 miles9
Duncan5.7 miles17
Spangle6.0 miles11
Cheney6.6 miles9
South Cheney7.0 miles9
Geiger Heights7.0 miles17

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 DynamiteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5319064The 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 1510923. 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.