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East Marcus, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kettle Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99126. It lies near Marcus Island. The Survey maps it on the Marcus quadrangle.

East Marcus within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

241 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of East Marcus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,396 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 9 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Natural41
Recreation and ceremony22
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Fireworks11
Arson/incendiarism9
Other causes8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
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 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWILLIAMS CUT OFF
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKIFER ROAD
7 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBOSSBURG AGAIN
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaKAMLOOPS
6 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDJ BARREL
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSINGERS
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 78 workings within 5 miles of East Marcus: 33 occurrences, 18 prospects, 16 past producers, 6 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Nickel, Uranium. 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
BonanzaLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperOccurrence
BonanzaLead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Bonanza MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1885, 1890
Brooks PropertyLimestone, GeneralProspect
City ViewGold, Lead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
City ViewGold, Copper, Lead, SilverProspect
Columbia RiverCopper, Antimony, Gold, SilverProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Columbia, Coyote, Gray EagleMolybdenum, Copper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
CornetCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Gold BarGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Stevens 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
Marcus1.3 miles12
Powell2.8 miles12
Bear2.9 miles12
Evans3.3 miles12
Kettle Falls4.0 miles12
Ward4.6 miles12
Godfrey (historical)4.7 miles12
Blue Town (historical)5.0 miles12

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 Q122598264The 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 1530558. 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.