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Leadpoint, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Kettle Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99114. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leadpoint quadrangle.

Leadpoint within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Leadpoint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,043 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLIME CREEK RIDGE
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersO'HARE ARE YOU
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestRED RAIN
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2005Natural1.5 acresColville National ForestDIRKA
15 September 1992Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersREPUBLICAN BLOWOUT
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE CEDAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Leadpoint: 36 occurrences, 23 prospects, 11 past producers, 5 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Admiral ConsolidatedZinc, Silver, Lead, CadmiumPast Producer
Admiral MillLead, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper, Silver, GoldPlant
Advance, HcZinc, Silver, Nickel, LeadPlant
AnacondaLead, Zinc, Antimony, Silver, GoldProducerVein
AnacondaLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrence
AnacondaLead, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
Anderson ProspectCobalt, NickelOccurrenceReplacement
BechtolLead, Silver, IronOccurrence
Bechtol Claim.Also Known As W.J.Silver, Lead, IronProspect
Black CanyonStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leadpoint in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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
June 2009Flash FloodLeadpoint$5,000no account filed
May 2011FloodLeadpoint-The north end of Deep Lake overflowed its banks flooding portions of Deep Lake Boundary Road with six inches of water. Since May 26th, small creeks flowing into the lake have spilled out of their banks and flooded several fields and driveways leading to homes in the area. No property damage has been reported.
July 2009HailLeadpoint-In addition to the nickel size hail, 0.48 inches of rain also fell in 27 minutes.

Every storm recorded in Stevens 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
Spirit6.4 miles15
Goldfield Mill10.2 miles15
Northport10.3 miles13
Aladdin13.2 miles14
Velvet13.7 miles13
Frontier14.3 miles13
Onion Creek14.7 miles12
Little Dalles (historical)15.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1521975. 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.