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Grays Landing, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Deer Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99009. The Survey maps it on the Elk quadrangle.

Grays Landing within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

220 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Grays Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 28 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
Debris and open burning76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Recreation and ceremony28
Natural28
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks4

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/undetermined1.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHELTER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMUEHLE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPASTURE
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILAN STRIKE
4 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKINNY MONTGOMERY
4 September 2002Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Grays Landing: 21 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Aluminum. 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
Jansen Iron ProspectIronOccurrence
MilanAluminumOccurrence
NevellGold, Tungsten, SilverProspect
PindleCopper, Silver, LeadProspect
Spokane Marble Co.Stone, DimensionPast Producer
SchaeferUraniumOccurrence
SchaeferUraniumOccurrence
Elk QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hansen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane 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
Pocahontas Bay0.8 miles13
Milan4.1 miles14
Elk4.8 miles13
T Bridge Corner6.7 miles13
Deer Park7.3 miles13
Denison8.5 miles13
Chattaroy8.9 miles14
Buckeye12.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1520276. 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.