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Freedom, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99031. The Survey maps it on the Spangle West quadrangle.

Freedom within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Freedom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning7
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
11 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane County Fire DistrictsSPANGLE CHAFF
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNORTH PINE CREEK
9 August 1997Recreation and ceremony8.6 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2005Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use35 acresTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeFISH LAKE
15 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWELL NOW WHAT?
8 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEDICAL LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Freedom: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ajax PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Weinandy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Spangle3.5 miles11
Plaza3.9 miles11
North Pine6.6 miles11
East Cheney7.7 miles9
Waverly8.5 miles12
West Fairfield8.6 miles12
Spring Valley8.7 miles11
Dynamite9.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510980. 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.