Kewa, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Colville Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99138. The Survey maps it on the Kewa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1948 USGS Wilmont Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Wilmont Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wilmont Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Nespelem quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Kewa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Kewa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,822 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 12 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 | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,797 acres | Colville Agency | KEWA FIELD |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 482 acres | Colville Agency | FRY |
| 5 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Colville Agency | TRUDELL |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | LONG HAIRS |
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | LAWSON FLATS II |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | LAWSON FLATS |
| 9 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville Agency | COVADA |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | LAWSON FLT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 256 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 256 workings within 5 miles of Kewa: 116 occurrences, 85 unknowns, 36 prospects, 14 past producers. 5 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 | ||
| Good Ore | Silver, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Good Ore | Silver, Lead, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Grandview | Lead, Silver, Gold, Tellurium | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kewa in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewa | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires reported southwest of Inchelium. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covada | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Meteor | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Impach | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Inchelium | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hazelmere (historical) | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Keller | 23.1 miles | 9 | |
| Beulah (historical) | 28.0 miles | 14 | |
| West Fork | 30.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511066. 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.






