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Havillah, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98855. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Havillah quadrangle. It stands 3,514 feet above sea level.

Havillah within Okanogan County

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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Havillah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 598 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 2 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
Natural44
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLOST
5 September 2003Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1996Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSAMANTHA
30 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNORTH BONAPARTE
23 September 1995Smoking8.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters940
18 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Havillah: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, 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
Bi-MetallicTungsten, Silver, Gold, Copper, MolybdenumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
Bi-MetallicMolybdenum, Silver, Gold, Copper, TungstenUnknown
Bi-Metallic MineMolybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, TungstenPast Producer1896, 1918
Calcium MineCalciumPast Producer
HavillaStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
HelmSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shaw-BergmanCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceReplacement
Shaw-BergmanCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Bimetalic Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenum, TungstenPast Producer
Bi-MetalicMolybdenumOccurrence1890, 1918

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

3 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Havillah in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 2 debris flow, 1 hail. 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
May 2023Debris FlowHavillah$1,000Debris flow and flooding on lightning creek from walker creek burn scar from a thunderstorm rain event. Rain report of near an inch was received near Wauconda close to the area.
July 2023Debris FlowHavillah$500Slow moving thunderstorm over the Walker Creek Burn Scar near Bonaparte Lake Road brought a debris flow to the Lightning Creek area.
August 2022HailHavillah-A thunderstorm developed near Havillah and traveled Northeast into Canada. Public reported 1 inch hail near Chesaw, WA at 1730PST.

Every storm recorded in Okanogan 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
Molson10.6 miles12
Ellisforde10.8 miles13
Cordell11.3 miles13
Chesaw11.5 miles12
Wauconda12.3 miles13
Anglin12.6 miles12
Oroville14.5 miles15
Wauconda Summit15.0 miles16

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 HavillahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473937The 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 1520610. 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.