Hunters, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hunters-Gifford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99137. It stands on Hunter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hunters quadrangle. It stands 2,044 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1948 USGS Hunters quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Hunters quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Nespelem quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Hunters quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Hunters between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,146 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LIGHTNING HUNTERS |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HUNTERS WOODPILE |
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HARRY HARVEY |
| 23 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1996 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | LAWSON FLATS II |
| 17 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | LAWSON FLATS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Hunters: 17 occurrences, 10 prospects, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks | Silver, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Chloride | Lead, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Deer Trail Monitor | Molybdenum, Copper, Garnet | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Deer Trail Monitor | Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Deer Trial Monitor | Molybdenum, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Deertrail-Read | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hoodoo | Silver, Lead, Antimony, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Little Frank | Lead, Antimony, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| North Monitor | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | Replacement | |
| North Monitor | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunters in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 debris flow, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Hunters | - | Amount of 0.70 of rain lasted 40 minutes. |
| March 2015 | Debris Flow | Hunters | - | Law enforcement reported a small rock slide near Hunters, Washington. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Hunters | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedonia | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Fruitland | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Turk | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Enterprise | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Deer Trail | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bissel | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Gifford | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Edendale (historical) | 14.0 miles | 10 |
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 Hunters | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473455 | The 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 1512314. 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.





