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Gilbert, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Methow Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98856. It stands on North Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilbert quadrangle.

Gilbert within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert between 1994 and 2018, burning about 54,382 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony5

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 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestHORSE
3 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSCATTER
17 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSOUTH CREEK
8 August 2004Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCRESCENT LAKE
28 August 2002Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSCATTER CREEK
22 August 2006Natural1,661 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCEDAR CREEK
16 August 2004Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestWILLIAMS CREEK #2
11 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkMCALESTER

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Gilbert: 13 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Copper, Copper, 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
AbernathyCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Mid RangeGold, Silver, Copper, ZincUnknown
Mid RangeGold, Silver, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Mid RangeZinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerVein
WolverineGold, Silver, Nickel, CopperUnknown
Iron Cap and Snow CapGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Pay DayGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
St. LawrenceGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Three LinksGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
CrescentCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbert in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2021: 3 debris flow. 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 2021Debris FlowGilbert$25,000The US Forest Service reported a debris flow that blocked the NF-4440 Road, one mile east of the Gilbert Trailhead. The flow was approximately four feet deep and stranded two cars overnight. Time is estimated based on radar.
September 2019Debris FlowGilbert$2,000The Twisp River Road running through the Crescent Mountain Burn scar was cut by a debris flow after heavy overnight rain fell in the area.
July 2021Debris FlowGilbert-A rock slide blocked both lanes of State Route 20 near mile post 166, two miles west of Cutthroat Creek Road. Heavy rain in the area lead to the slide and water over the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Okanogan 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
Mazama12.5 miles7
Vanderpool Crossing18.7 miles7
Winthrop19.9 miles15
Twisp24.1 miles14
Carlton27.6 miles13
Methow37.1 miles13
Mowich Illahee39.8 miles13
Paradise Hill40.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1519953. 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.