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Echo, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Colville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99114. It lies in Echo Valley. The Survey maps it on the Echo Valley quadrangle.

Echo within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Echo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,142 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 6 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
Natural42
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes4
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWILLIAMS CUT OFF
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPINGSTON BUNCHER
22 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresWashington 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 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Echo: 12 prospects, 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Big ChiefZinc, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Big Chief MineLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProducerVein
Brooks PropertyLimestone, GeneralProspect
Chloride QueenLead, Zinc, Copper, Iron, SilverOccurrence
Chloride QueenLead, Iron, Silver, Zinc, CopperProspect
Chloride Queen MineLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverPast Producer1887, 1900
Clugston Creek AreaLead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Clugston LimestoneLimestone, DimensionUnknown
EchoZinc, Silver, LeadProspect
George W RoseStone, DimensionUnknown

Every working recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Echo in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEcho$5,000Downed power lines and power outages reported in the Echo Valley area. It was reported social media. Time estimated from radar.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindEcho$2,000Thunderstorm damaged local power lines. Utility company estimated 300 customers lost power. Max gusts in the area were around 30 MPH.

Every storm 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
Ward5.7 miles12
Pinkney City5.7 miles13
Powell6.1 miles12
East Marcus6.1 miles12
Evans6.7 miles12
Kettle Falls7.0 miles12
Colville7.1 miles13
Marcus7.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1519164. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.