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East Wenatchee Bench, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the East Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98802. It lies near Sand Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wenatchee quadrangle. 13,658 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 919 feet above sea level.

East Wenatchee Bench within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of East Wenatchee Bench between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,110 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined54 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHORSE LAKE ROAD
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestNUMBER TWO CANYON
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,610 acresSpokane DistrictCRYSTAL
26 August 2003Fireworks1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 August 2004Equipment and vehicle use50 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCANYON VIEW
8 July 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution15,023 acresSpokane DistrictBADGER MT
6 July 2014Fireworks180 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKYLINE
23 July 1998Natural25 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of East Wenatchee Bench: 30 past producers, 17 occurrences, 7 prospects, 3 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Gold, Silver. 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
(Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Cannon MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProducerAcanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
LovittGold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer1885, 1894
Squaw SaddleMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Batterman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dry GulchPerliteOccurrence
Rooster CombPerliteOccurrence
Sampson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Squaw Saddle No. 1Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Squaw Saddle No. 2Aluminum, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
East Wenatchee0.9 miles16
Broadway1.4 miles16
Sunny Hill1.7 miles16
Terrace Park1.9 miles16
Patterson (historical)4.7 miles16
Rock Island8.0 miles13
Voltage11.2 miles12
Orondo14.1 miles13

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 East Wenatchee BenchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1515111The 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 1867607. 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.