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Granite Falls, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Chelan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98816. It stands on Granite Falls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Manson quadrangle.

Granite Falls within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Granite Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,026 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 4 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
Natural20
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
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
9 September 2012Natural1,402 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestFIRST CREEK
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSLIDE PEAK
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictGRANITE
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2009Natural1.2 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSLIDE RIDGE
4 August 2010Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBARRETT CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Granite Falls: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium, Iron. 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
Fields Point DevelopmentStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
First CreekTitanium, IronOccurrence
Lovitt MineStoneUnknown
MansonGranitePast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wapato LakeLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Florabelle MineFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Slide AreaFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Ewer Lumber CoPumicePast Producer
Joe CreekPumiceProspect

Every working recorded in Chelan 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
Shrine Beach2.1 miles13
Hollywood Beach2.6 miles13
Manson3.0 miles13
Greens Landing3.0 miles13
Sunnybank4.0 miles14
Maplecreek8.1 miles14
Lake Chelan Hills8.4 miles14
Winesap9.0 miles14

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 Q49352206The 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 1529775. 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.