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Fairchild, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cheney-Medical Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99011. The Survey maps it on the Deep Creek quadrangle.

Fairchild within Spokane 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Fairchild between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,811 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony22
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Fireworks6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHRISTENSEN
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBARTHOLOMEW VALVE
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined210 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFANCHER STUBBLE
26 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWELCOME WIND
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHWY 902X2
24 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Fairchild: 20 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Airway Heights QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Giles & Peat QuarryGranitePast Producer
Keene QuarryGranitePast Producer
Medical Lake, County QuarryGranitePast Producer
Washington Monument & Cut Stone Co.GranitePast Producer
Deep Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Galena PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand 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
Deep Creek2.4 miles12
Airway Heights4.1 miles12
Medical Lake4.3 miles13
Espanola4.4 miles13
Silver Lake5.7 miles13
Lyons5.8 miles12
Hayford5.9 miles11
Lakeland Village6.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1530877. 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.