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East Spokane, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99212. The Survey maps it on the Spokane NE quadrangle.

East Spokane 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

350 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of East Spokane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,784 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 48 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
Recreation and ceremony120
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Arson/incendiarism48
Misuse of fire by a minor38
Fireworks14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning13
Natural11
Smoking8
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT PURSUIT
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIRABEAU RIVER
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersESMERALDA
5 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOURTLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of East Spokane: 23 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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
Bigelow GulchFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Empire Granite QuarryGranite, Silica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Center and Perry St. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
DishmanSilicaOccurrence
Havana and 10th QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spokane Silica Sand DepositSilicaOccurrence
Ace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Broadway Ave. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carbon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chester 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
Yardley1.4 miles19
Orchard Park1.6 miles19
Dishman1.7 miles19
Parkwater1.8 miles19
Orchard Avenue2.0 miles19
Glenrose2.0 miles19
Millwood2.6 miles19
Pasadena Park3.5 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 Q122550938The 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 1512172. 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.