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Hayford, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99224. The Survey maps it on the Four Lakes quadrangle.

Hayford within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Hayford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,049 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined61
Recreation and ceremony38
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural13
Fireworks12
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Other causes4

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAST 902
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBARTHOLOMEW VALVE
6 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGROVE SPOT
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT CARMEL
4 September 2008Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOVAL SHED
30 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBASALT
3 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Hayford: 36 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Gallium. 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
Conner PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jordan RanchGalliumOccurrence
Keene QuarryGranitePast Producer
Washington Monument & Cut Stone Co.GranitePast Producer
Airway Heights QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Geiger Field QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed 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
Hazelwood2.4 miles12
Airway Heights3.1 miles12
Four Lakes3.5 miles11
Geiger Heights4.0 miles17
Marshall4.5 miles17
Scribner4.8 miles11
Lyons5.2 miles12
Silver Lake5.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512284. 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.