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East Farms, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Liberty Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99025. It stands on Cable Creek. The Survey maps it on the Liberty Lake quadrangle.

East Farms 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of East Farms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 3 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWINDSONG
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters515
8 September 1993Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane County Fire DistrictsDALKE AVENUE
7 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCARPENTER
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTATESIDE SPOT
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTARR SPOT
29 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCABLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of East Farms: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Moab QuarryGranitePast Producer
Murphy Brothers State Line PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Liberty Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moab PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Starr Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Moab1.4 miles19
Ne'sqhwaqhwe (historical)2.5 miles19
Otis Orchards2.9 miles19
Arturdee (historical)3.8 miles19
Liberty Lake4.6 miles19
Chnak'wa'qn Breaks5.1 miles18
Chatnwaqhi'pm Grove5.2 miles18
Newman Lake5.3 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q97223425The 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 1512170. 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.