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Janis, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tonasket census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98855. It lies near Wagonroad Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Tonasket quadrangle.

Janis within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Janis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,913 acres in total. 31 started naturally. None was 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
Natural31
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNORTH CARTER
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1,204 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
19 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictJANIS VIEW
19 September 2010Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJANIS VIEW
16 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVERSIDE STRAW
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2005Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROASTED PIG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan 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 Janis: 7 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold, Limestone, General. 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
CentralSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
CentralSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperUnknown
Central MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1918
Crumbacher LakeLimestone, GeneralProspect
MontgomeryFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
TonasketTungstenOccurrence
TonasketCopper, Lead, Silver, TungstenUnknown
TonasketCopper, Tungsten, Lead, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Turtle LakeGold, Silver, CopperProspect
TrinidadSilver, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Janis in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
September 2010Flash FloodJanis$423,000no account filed
May 2008FloodJanis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okanogan 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
Tonasket4.2 miles11
Barker4.9 miles11
Keystone6.0 miles11
Anglin9.4 miles12
Riverside10.2 miles11
Ellisforde10.4 miles13
Synarep11.3 miles11
Enterprise12.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1521325. 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.