Frontier, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Kettle Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99157. It stands on Boundary Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Colville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Northport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Frontier between 1994 and 2020, burning about 626 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UPPER SHEEP FALLS |
| 1 September 2009 | Natural | 115 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 9 MILE BRIDGE |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | BIG FOOT |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | QUARTZ CREEK |
| 5 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SALTESE LAST CHOICE |
| 5 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE BO SHEEP |
| 30 August 2002 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Spokane District | SOPHIE |
| 28 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colville National Forest | BEAR RIGHT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Frontier: 7 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comstock | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Coyote | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Coyote | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Coyote Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Double Standard | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Moore | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Seven Dwarf Mine | Silver | Producer | ||
| Sheep Creek Mill | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| St Crispin | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| State Pit W-63 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velvet | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Northport | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Little Dalles (historical) | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Marble | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Leadpoint | 14.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ryan | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Onion Creek | 14.9 miles | 12 | |
| Spirit | 15.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1519829. 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.






