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.
Population over time
2 figuresIone 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 447 | |
| 2020 | 428 | -19 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1934 USGS Metaline quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Metaline quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ione quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Colville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Ione quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EYE OF THE TIGER |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | NO VACATION |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | LONG WALK IN |
| 9 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GRAHAM SLASH |
| 9 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | WET DRY RIDGE |
| 5 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | TALKING SMACK |
| 5 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jim | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Ione | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Red Ridge Claim | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Wilmont Red Ridge Claims | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Box Canyon | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Box Canyon Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| Cedar Creek | Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Cedar Creek Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | Other | |
| Ferguson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hiett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ione | - | Photos shared on social media by a member of the public showed several downed trees due to thunderstorm winds near Ione. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ione | - | An emergency manager reported 1.25 inch hail 1 mile north northeast of Ione, WA. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ione | - | An emergency manager reported 1.25 inch size hail 1 mile north northeast of Ione, WA. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Ione | - | Spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ione | - | Two one and a half foot diameter trees were uprooted and four ten inch diameter trees were snapped 15 feet up. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ione | - | 67 mph gust from automated fire weather station |
| June 2012 | Hail | Ione | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Ione | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Ione | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Heavy Rain | Ione | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Metaline | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Metaline Falls | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pend Oreille Village | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lost Creek | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Diamond City | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Blueslide | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ruby | 16.3 miles | 12 |
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 Ione | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1508125 | 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 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.






