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Harter, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the East Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99141. The Survey maps it on the Marcus quadrangle.

Harter within Ferry County

On record in Harter

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Harter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,338 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Natural46
Recreation and ceremony43
Debris and open burning36
Fireworks16
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism8
Other causes5
Smoking4

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined484 acresColville National ForestBISBEE MOUNTAIN
8 September 2018Natural2.0 acresColville National ForestSOUTH TROUT
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKIFER ROAD
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaKAMLOOPS
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaCAMPFIRE41
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaCAMPFIRE42
4 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance13 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEACH CREST
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSINGERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ferry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Harter: 31 occurrences, 13 past producers, 12 prospects, 4 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bonnie GroupChromiumPast Producer
City ViewGold, Lead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
City ViewGold, Copper, Lead, SilverProspect
Columbia RiverCopper, Antimony, Gold, SilverProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Columbia, Coyote, Gray EagleMolybdenum, Copper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
CornetCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Gold ReefGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Gold ReefGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Gray Eagle MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, LeadPast Producer1900, 1903
Kettle FallsBrick ClayOccurrenceSedimentary

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
Beulah (historical)2.9 miles14
Boyds5.7 miles13
Barstow10.1 miles14
Dulwich15.4 miles14
Orient16.7 miles14
Goldstake20.5 miles14
Inchelium23.5 miles10
Impach24.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1520580. 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.