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Ione, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Ione-Metaline Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99139. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ione quadrangle. 428 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,090 feet above sea level.

Ione within Pend Oreille County

Population over time

2 figures

Ione fell from 447 to 428 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010447
2020428-19 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Ione between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2008Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEYE OF THE TIGER
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestNO VACATION
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestLONG WALK IN
9 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRAHAM SLASH
9 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National Forestnot named
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestWET DRY RIDGE
5 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National ForestTALKING SMACK
5 August 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ione: 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue JimSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldProspect
IoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Red Ridge ClaimTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrence1952
Wilmont Red Ridge ClaimsTungstenProspect
Box CanyonCopperProspect
Box Canyon ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Cedar CreekZincOccurrence
Cedar Creek ProspectZincOccurrenceOther
Ferguson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hiett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ione in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindIone-Photos shared on social media by a member of the public showed several downed trees due to thunderstorm winds near Ione.
May 2015HailIone-An emergency manager reported 1.25 inch hail 1 mile north northeast of Ione, WA.
May 2015HailIone-An emergency manager reported 1.25 inch size hail 1 mile north northeast of Ione, WA.
June 2012HailIone-Spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindIone-Two one and a half foot diameter trees were uprooted and four ten inch diameter trees were snapped 15 feet up.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindIone-67 mph gust from automated fire weather station
June 2012HailIone-no account filed
June 2012HailIone-no account filed
May 1996Heavy RainIone-no account filed
July 1996Heavy RainIone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Tiger3.4 miles14
Metaline7.7 miles13
Metaline Falls8.8 miles13
Pend Oreille Village9.2 miles13
Lost Creek9.5 miles12
Diamond City10.9 miles12
Blueslide13.3 miles12
Ruby16.3 miles12

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 IoneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1508125The 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 1521216. 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.