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Goldstake, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the East Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99141. It stands on Jenny Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laurier quadrangle.

Goldstake within Ferry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Goldstake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 402 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 1 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
Natural52
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestWHO'S ON FIRST
9 September 2005Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersIMPERIAL WAY
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestRICHARD'S BIG TREE
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestGROUSE MOUNTAIN
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELK
15 September 2000Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestTHOUGHT FIRE
15 September 2000Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestMARSHMELLOW FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ferry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 146 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 146 workings within 5 miles of Goldstake: 73 prospects, 59 occurrences, 11 past producers, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, 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
BeecherGold, Copper, Silver, LeadProspect
Carl SanstromGold, Antimony, Copper, SilverOccurrence
DefenderZinc, Copper, Gold, SilverProspectVein
DulwichGraphiteOccurrenceGraphite
Galena HillLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperProspect
Iron HorseCopper, Gold, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Iron HorseIron, Gold, CopperProspect
Iron MaskZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Iron MaskZinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, LeadProspect
JennieGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspectSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ferry 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
Orient3.8 miles14
Dulwich5.1 miles14
Laurier5.4 miles14
Barstow10.5 miles14
Boyds14.9 miles13
Danville16.5 miles15
Harter20.5 miles12
Curlew20.7 miles15

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 Q122563710The 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 1520125. 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.