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Fairwood, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99218. It stands on Dartford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dartford quadrangle. 10,541 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,814 feet above sea level.

Fairwood within Spokane County

Population over time

2 figures

Fairwood grew from 7,905 to 10,541 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20107,905
202010,541+2,636 (+33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

404 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 404 fires within 5 miles of Fairwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 613 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 16 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
Recreation and ceremony114
Misuse of fire by a minor79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Debris and open burning42
Fireworks18
Natural17
Smoking17
Arson/incendiarism16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Other causes6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEONE
7 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMAG CAMP
5 September 2017Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SPOKANE
5 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE VISTA
5 September 2003Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington 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 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Fairwood: 29 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
DartfordManganeseOccurrence1943
Evergreen QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Little Spokane River QuarryGranitePast Producer
MeadPumicePast Producer
Mead Reduction PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalProducer1942
Center and Perry St. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
McKinleySilicaProspect
MeadSilicaPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Building Supplies, Inc.ClayPast 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
Dartford1.2 miles14
Country Homes1.4 miles18
Town and Country2.7 miles18
Mead3.3 miles15
Hamann Corner4.4 miles14
Seven Mile5.3 miles12
Hillyard5.3 miles19
Buckeye5.7 miles15

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 FairwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q611709The 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 1867610. 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.