BlockFruitland, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hunters-Gifford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99129. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hunters quadrangle. It stands 1,824 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1948 USGS Hunters quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Hunters quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Nespelem quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Hunters quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Fruitland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,076 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LIGHTNING HUNTERS |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HUNTERS WOODPILE |
| 23 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1996 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Spokane Agency | not named |
| 14 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MUDGETT LIGHT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Fruitland: 23 prospects, 21 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichan Bee | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Aichen Bee Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Brooks | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Deer Trail Monitor | Molybdenum, Copper, Garnet | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Deer Trail Monitor | Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Deer Trial Monitor | Molybdenum, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Department of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hall Lake | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Marl | |
| Little Frank | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| North Monitor | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | Replacement |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Enterprise | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Turk | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Deer Trail | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cedonia | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bissel | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Gifford | 16.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wellpinit | 16.9 miles | 10 |
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 Fruitland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5506449 | The 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 1510981. 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.