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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.

Frontier within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

31 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersUPPER SHEEP FALLS
1 September 2009Natural115 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters9 MILE BRIDGE
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestBIG FOOT
8 August 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersQUARTZ CREEK
5 August 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSALTESE LAST CHOICE
5 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE BO SHEEP
30 August 2002Natural5.0 acresSpokane DistrictSOPHIE
28 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColville National ForestBEAR RIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ComstockLead, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
CoyoteLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldOccurrence
CoyoteLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProspect
Coyote ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Double StandardCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
MooreGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Seven Dwarf MineSilverProducer
Sheep Creek MillLead, ZincPast Producer
St CrispinGold, Copper, Silver, LeadOccurrence
State Pit W-63Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Stevens 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
Velvet1.0 miles13
Northport6.3 miles13
Little Dalles (historical)10.2 miles12
Marble11.0 miles11
Leadpoint14.3 miles13
Ryan14.7 miles11
Onion Creek14.9 miles12
Spirit15.1 miles15

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.