Impach, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Colville Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99138. It stands on Cornstalk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inchelium quadrangle. It stands 1,795 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1950 USGS Inchelium quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Nespelem quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Inchelium quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
346 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of Impach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,253 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 117 |
| Natural | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Fireworks | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Colville Agency | MOCCASIN REST HUD |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 482 acres | Colville Agency | FRY |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,005 acres | Colville Agency | INCHELIUM HIWAY |
| 5 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Colville Agency | HALL CREEK II |
| 4 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colville Agency | LOWER HUD |
| 28 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 890 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MARTIN ROAD |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colville Agency | INCH DUMP |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colville Agency | RICKARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 246 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 246 workings within 5 miles of Impach: 108 occurrences, 80 unknowns, 38 prospects, 16 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advance | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Advance | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Advance Cabin | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite | |
| Big Chief | Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Wolframite | |
| Big Chief | Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Black Hawk | Lead, Antimony, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Black Hawk | Iron, Antimony, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Black Hawk | Lead, Silver, Antimony, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Cold Spring | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Cold Spring | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum | Prospect | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inchelium | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Meteor | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Covada | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kewa | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hazelmere (historical) | 14.1 miles | 10 | |
| Beulah (historical) | 21.6 miles | 14 | |
| Harter | 24.5 miles | 12 | |
| Keller | 27.8 miles | 9 |
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 Impach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6005775 | 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 1521147. 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.




