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Malott, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Okanogan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98829. It stands on Loup Loup Creek. The Survey maps it on the Malott quadrangle. 464 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Malott within Okanogan County

Population over time

2 figures

Malott fell from 487 to 464 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.

YearPeople Change
2010487
2020464-23 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Malott between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,006 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 5 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
Natural41
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Fireworks12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEST O AND B ROAD
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHILLY SPOT
28 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreColville AgencyMALOTT HUD
25 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution2,608 acresSpokane DistrictMALOTT
23 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyRAILROAD
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined107 acresSpokane DistrictSPRING COULEE
1 September 2009Arson/incendiarism310 acresColville AgencyMILEPOST 281
9 August 2008Natural211 acresColville AgencySOAP LAKE MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Malott: 10 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Bromine, Copper, Salt, 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
Lucky Jim VeinCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
MalottMolybdenum, Copper, Zinc, NickelOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
MalottQuartzOccurrenceQuartz
MalottCopper, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silica, ZincUnknown
Malott ProspectCopper, Zinc, Molybdenum, NickelProspectChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Monse TungstenTungstenOccurrence
Okanogan CountyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
RustlerGold, MolybdenumUnknown
Rustler ProspectGold, MolybdenumOccurrence
Tollefson QuarryStone, DimensionProducer

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malott in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2015: 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 2012Flash FloodMalott$85,000Highway 97 north of Malott, WA was blocked by debris at milepost 279. Flash flooding clogged a culvert and washed out a portion of the roadway. Railroad trestles were also taken out at this milepost.
June 2015Flash FloodMalott-A law enforcement officer reported five feet of water in Chiliwist Creek bed with one foot of water coming over Chiliwist Road which is near 6 miles west of Malott, WA.
May 2011HailMalott-Hail size, location, and crop damage are estimated.
July 2000HailMalott-There were three separate reports of hail near Malott. First, there was a report of dime-sized (0.75") hail 4 miles southwest of Malott at 517 PM PDT. Then there was a report of quarter-sized (1") hail 1 mile west of Malott also at 517 PM PDT. This location also reported a 41 mph thunderstorm wind gust and 0.48 inches of rain in 10 minutes. Finally, there was a report of half-inch diameter hail 1 mile north of Malott at 520 PM PDT. The hail apparently caused damage to several fruit orchards.

Every storm 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
Chillowist4.0 miles12
Ophir5.1 miles12
Olema5.2 miles12
Wakefield5.5 miles12
Okanogan8.5 miles12
Mowich Illahee9.7 miles13
Monse9.9 miles12
Thompson (historical)10.1 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 MalottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474219The 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 1522668. 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.