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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1901 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UNION 3 |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | 175 acres | Spokane District | DEER MTN |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | 440 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | THE BUTTE |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 168 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | UNION VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelan Butte | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Chelan Falls Deposit | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Chelan | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Chelan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeside | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Stayman-Knapp Coulee Road Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Union Valley | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Butte | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cook | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Chelan | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sunnybank | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Chelan Falls | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Manson | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Maplecreek | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Stayman | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Granite Falls | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q122565336 | 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 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.




