BlockKaramin, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Republic census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99166. It stands on Lambert Creek. The Survey maps it on the Karamin quadrangle. It stands 2,362 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Republic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Curlew quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Curlew quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Republic quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Karamin quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Karamin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Karamin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 815 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 4 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 | 35 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TROUT HOTWHEELS |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | BOBCAT |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAMBERT FLAT |
| 29 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAMBERT LANE |
| 27 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | INCIDENT 190 |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BACON LANE |
| 2 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 44 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NORTH TROUT |
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 Karamin: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curlew Lake | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Hawkeye | Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Hawkeye | Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lamefoot | Iron, Silver, Gold | Prospect | Replacement | |
| Pin Money | Gold, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt, Antimony | Occurrence | Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Us Public Domain | Silver, Gold, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Valley | Gold, Silver, Selenium | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Valley | Gold, Silver, Selenium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Valley | Gold, Silver, Selenium | Past Producer | ||
| Winnipeg | Gold, Copper, Iron | Prospect | Replacement |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q110981186 | 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 1521571. 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.