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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.

Lost Creek within Pend Oreille County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

72 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVERWAY
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestVACATION
4 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National ForestBLUE SLIDE
30 September 2006Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestTHICK BRUSH
29 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National ForestROTOTILLER
25 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National ForestYOKUM SMOKUM
24 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National ForestDIAMOND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
EagleSilicaOccurrence
HighnoonUranium, Thorium, BerylliumOccurrence
Lost Creek ClaimsUranium, Lead, SilverPast Producer1957, 1958
Scheelite QueenTungstenProspect
Timber MountainGemstoneOccurrence
HighnoonUraniumProspect
Lost Creek AreaUraniumOccurrence
Triple H and J UraniumUraniumPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Thunderstorm WindLost 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 2012HailLost Creek-no account filed
June 2012HailLost Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Blueslide3.8 miles12
Diamond City3.9 miles12
Tiger6.1 miles14
Ruby6.9 miles12
Ione9.5 miles14
Jared10.0 miles13
Locke12.8 miles13
Metaline16.7 miles13

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.