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Mae, Washington

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Ephrata-Soap Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98837. The Survey maps it on the Mae quadrangle. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.

Mae within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mae between 2018 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives 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
18 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictLAKE HIAWATHA
15 August 2020Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSpokane DistrictT SHIRT
10 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.8 acresSpokane DistrictGERBER
9 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictROAD D
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use30 acresSpokane DistrictSOUTH FRONTAGE
31 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSpokane DistrictFRONTAGE
3 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictDUNE
2 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresSpokane DistrictROAD A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mae: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Freeman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laudenback PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westlake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mae in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
July 2012HailMae$1,000Hail broke one window and caused window trim from five other windows to break off. The hail also damaged corn and alfalfa fields as well.
May 2023Tornado (EF0)Mae-Land spout tornado reported by public. No damage or injuries reported.
July 2012HailMae-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Westlake3.3 miles21
Cascade Valley3.8 miles22
Moses Lake6.3 miles22
McDonald10.1 miles14
Mitchell10.3 miles14
Marine View10.9 miles11
Gloyd11.9 miles9
Wheeler11.9 miles14

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 MaeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989017The 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 1511115. 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.