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Greenacres, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99016. It stands on Saltese Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenacres quadrangle. 5,158 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 2,054 feet above sea level.

Greenacres within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Greenacres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 21 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
Recreation and ceremony49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Fireworks12
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVALLEY MAZE
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarism14 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2014Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSALTESE
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1993Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane County Fire DistrictsDALKE AVENUE
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLINKE
6 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor6.9 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 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Greenacres: 20 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Sommer PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Sumers Clay PitKaolinPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
H. Seidel Clay Co.ClayPast Producer
Shelley LakeClayPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Liberty Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenacres in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindGreenacres$5,000Broadcast media reported trees down on powerlines 1 mile North notheaset of Green Acres, WA.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindGreenacres$500Observer reported 1 inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off of roof. Spokane International Airport recorded a max gust of 61 MPH.

Every storm 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
Alpha (historical)0.6 miles18
Austin1.2 miles18
Vera1.5 miles18
Chnak'wa'qn Breaks1.5 miles18
Chatnwaqhi'pm Grove1.7 miles18
Veradale1.9 miles18
Velox2.2 miles18
Arturdee (historical)3.1 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on GreenacresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q252002The 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 1505280. 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.