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Lake Chelan Hills, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Chelan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98816. It lies near Purtteman Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Chelan quadrangle.

Lake Chelan Hills within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Lake Chelan Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99,049 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 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
Natural19
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes5
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersUNION 3
13 September 1996Natural175 acresSpokane DistrictDEER MTN
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2003Natural440 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestTHE BUTTE
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
31 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 1999Natural168 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersUNION VALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Lake Chelan Hills: 13 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Chelan ButteTinOccurrence
Chelan Falls DepositMicaPast Producer
ChelanClayPast Producer
Chelan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
LakesidePumiceOccurrence
Stayman-Knapp Coulee Road DepositPumiceOccurrence
Union ValleyClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
ButteGoldUnknown
CookGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chelan 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
Lakeside1.4 miles14
Chelan2.6 miles14
Sunnybank4.7 miles14
Chelan Falls5.4 miles8
Manson5.5 miles13
Maplecreek6.2 miles14
Stayman6.3 miles14
Granite Falls8.4 miles13

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 Q122565336The 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 1530156. 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.