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Freeman, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Valleyford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99036. The Survey maps it on the Freeman quadrangle.

Freeman within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Freeman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 419 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking1

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
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2003Railroad operations and maintenance22 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBELMOUNT RESOURCES
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEADOW ROAD
26 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLINKE ROAD
25 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBELMONT 2
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVICARI
23 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMERCHANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Freeman: 13 occurrences, 12 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, 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
Chester PegmatiteFeldsparOccurrence
ExcelsiorTitanium, ClayProspect
Excelsior Clay DepositTitanium, MetalOccurrenceClay, Ilmenite
Freeman-Mica AreaMicaProspect
Mica AreaAluminum, SilicaProspect
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Conrad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeman in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 1999Funnel CloudFreeman-A cold core funnel cloud was spotted over a farm field outside of Freeman.

Every storm 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
Valleyford2.5 miles16
Mica2.7 miles16
Manito3.4 miles16
Coey4.6 miles12
Mount Hope4.9 miles12
Rockford5.7 miles12
Darknell6.4 miles12
Chester7.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512227. 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.