BlockFairview, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Chewelah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99109. It stands on Leslie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chewelah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1927 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Chewelah Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 27 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BURNT VALLEY |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 10 acres | Colville National Forest | SCHMID VALLEY VIEW |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | `INCIDENT 62 |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SAND CANYON |
| 20 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 395 SOUTH |
| 18 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 6 MILE CREEK |
| 14 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colville National Forest | BURNT BRAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 22 occurrences, 14 prospects, 11 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcher | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Burnt Valley | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Chewelah Consolidated | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Chewelah Eagle | Dolomite, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Chinto | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Chinto | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Queen | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Eagle | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Iron Mountain Lode | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1519433. 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.