Malo, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Curlew census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99150. It stands on Saint Peter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Malo quadrangle. 32 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,182 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMalo grew from 28 to 32 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 28 | |
| 2020 | 32 | +4 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Republic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Curlew quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Curlew quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Republic quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Malo quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Malo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Malo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 887 acres in total. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAMBERT FLAT |
| 29 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAMBERT LANE |
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE ANGEL |
| 27 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | INCIDENT 190 |
| 2 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | INCIDENT 171 |
| 10 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Colville National Forest | PETE LOOP |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville National Forest | MOUNTAIN HOMES HOTSPOT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Malo: 7 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston & New York | Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Boston & New York | Silver, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Boston and New York | Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hawkeye | Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Lamefoot | Iron, Silver, Gold | Prospect | Replacement | |
| Pin Money | Gold, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt, Antimony | Occurrence | Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Us Public Domain | Silver, Gold, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Winnipeg | Gold, Copper, Iron | Prospect | Replacement | |
| Lambert Creek | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Stotts Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malo in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malo | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a 50 year old pine tree. Two to four foot waves were observed on Lake Curlew. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malo | $1,000 | Three inch diameter tree limbs and heavy metal lawn furniture were blown over by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Malo | - | Observer also reported 0.54 inches of precipitation in 45 minutes with the hail. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Malo | - | 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.
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 Malo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6744446 | The 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 1522664. 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.







