BlockLittle Falls, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Davenport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99013. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Little Falls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1944 USGS Wellpinit quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Wellpinit quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
355 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 355 fires within 5 miles of Little Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,371 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 38 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Natural | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Fireworks | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
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 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Spokane Agency | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LONG LOOKOUT |
| 8 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Spokane Agency | STRAWBERRY |
| 8 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Spokane Agency | UNLUCKY DG |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Spokane Agency | MOTOR POOL |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JEANNE 291 |
| 7 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Spokane Agency | GROUNDS |
| 7 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Spokane Agency | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Little Falls: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.W. Capps | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Pershell Clay | Aluminum | Unknown |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511102. 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.