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Loop Loop, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Conconully-Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98840. It lies near Ruby Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ruby Hill quadrangle. It stands 3,540 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Loop Loop within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Loop Loop (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,301 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 4 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
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2009Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWRIGHT MOUNTAIN
7 September 1992Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWHITLEY SNAG
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCK CREEK
6 September 1996Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersARLINGTON RIDGE
5 September 2013Natural2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPRETTY PEACOCK
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresSpokane DistrictRUBY CEM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Loop Loop (historical): 24 occurrences, 19 unknowns, 14 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold. 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
ArlingtonSilver, Copper, Lead, Gold, ZincProducer1887
ArlingtonZinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast ProducerVein
ArlingtonSilver, Antimony, Copper, Gold, LeadProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Arlington MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1887, 1893
Blue Grouse ClaimLead, Copper, SilverOccurrenceGalena, Malachite
Buzzard LakePeatOccurrenceSedimentary
DorianMica, ChromiumUnknown
Evergreen Mining CompanyCopper, TungstenUnknown
FairviewLead, Silver, GoldUnknown
First ThoughtSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Okanogan 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
Brown Lake3.2 miles11
Ruby3.3 miles11
Mowich Illahee6.5 miles13
Conconully7.6 miles12
Epley (historical)8.4 miles12
Okanogan9.3 miles12
Omak10.2 miles12
Chillowist10.9 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on Loop Loop (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6675802The 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 1531337. 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.