Lost Creek, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99119. It stands on South Fork Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ruby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Metaline quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Metaline quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ruby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Colville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Ruby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Lost Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 34 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 | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVERWAY |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | VACATION |
| 4 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | BLUE SLIDE |
| 30 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | THICK BRUSH |
| 29 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | ROTOTILLER |
| 25 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | YOKUM SMOKUM |
| 24 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | DIAMOND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Lost Creek: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Thorium, Beryllium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Highnoon | Uranium, Thorium, Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Lost Creek Claims | Uranium, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1957, 1958 | |
| Scheelite Queen | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Timber Mountain | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Highnoon | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Lost Creek Area | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Triple H and J Uranium | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lost Creek in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lost Creek | - | Report from observers personal weather station located east side of the Pend Oreille River on the mountain. It was reported on social media. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lost Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lost Creek | - | no account filed |
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 1522456. 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.






