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Furport, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99156. It stands on Furport Hill. The Survey maps it on the Diamond Lake quadrangle.

Furport within Pend Oreille 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Furport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 2 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
Natural28
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony20
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKENT CREEK
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestNO NAME PEAK
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEETER
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEETER CROSSING
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National ForestBEAD LOG
3 September 2002Smokingunder an acreColville National ForestNO NAME #10
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROBIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Furport: 15 occurrences, 13 past producers, 12 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bead LakeLead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Bead Lake PropertyCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, IronOccurrenceReplacement
BobcatBarium-BaritePast Producer
CampbellCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Campbell ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrence
ComstockLead, Silver, Copper, ZincOccurrence
Comstock MineLead, Silver, Copper, ZincProducerReplacement
Fair Hope ProspectCopper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Gold Coin - Hardtack ProspectSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Hawkeye - Gray Eagle - Last Chance ProspectCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Furport in 2 storm reports in 2011: 2 flood. 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
July 2011FloodFurport$10,000Bead Lake flooded its banks and water inundating a few basements of lakeside homes. The exact number of homes impacted was unknown at the time and damage costs were estimated.
June 2011FloodFurport$10,000Bead Lake flooded its banks and water inundating a few basements of lakeside homes. The exact number of homes impacted was unknown at the time and damage costs were estimated.

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Wolfred2.3 miles11
Dalkena3.3 miles11
Delkena3.3 miles11
Usk7.4 miles15
Penrith7.4 miles13
Deer Valley7.8 miles13
Newport8.2 miles13
Diamond Lake8.4 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122556462The 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 1519855. 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.