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Evans, 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 stands on China Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marcus quadrangle. It stands 1,319 feet above sea level.

Evans 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Evans between 1992 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 2 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 burning42
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony16
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Other causes10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2

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 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 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaKETTLE RIVER CG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Evans: 19 occurrences, 12 prospects, 11 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Nickel, Copper, Limestone, General. 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
Bonanza MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1885, 1890
Columbia RiverCopper, Antimony, Gold, SilverProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gold BarGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Gold BarGold, Silver, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Copper, AntimonyProducerPyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gold BarGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Kelly HillGold, Silver, LeadProspect
Lonnie RichardsNickel, Chromium, Talc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Mineral RidgeTungstenOccurrence
Muldoon PropertyLead, Silver, CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evans in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 1 debris flow, 1 flood. 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
March 2016Debris FlowEvans$3,000Law enforcement reported partial blockage of state route 25, south of Evans, WA which was due to a rock slide.
April 2023FloodEvans$2,000The report received at 1300 PDT Tuesday. Washout occurred along shoulder of SR-25 at MP 44.6.

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
Powell0.6 miles12
Bear1.0 miles12
Bossburg2.8 miles13
East Marcus3.3 miles12
Marcus4.2 miles12
Godfrey (historical)4.8 miles12
Echo6.7 miles12
Kettle Falls7.3 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.

Wikipedia article on EvansAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q387499The 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 1519396. 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.