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Manito, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99030. The Survey maps it on the Freeman quadrangle.

Manito within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Manito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
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
9 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSETTERS RD
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMPBELL STRIKE
30 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELDER STARR
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBELMOUNT RESOURCES
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEADOW ROAD
25 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBELMONT 2
23 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMERCHANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Manito: 10 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Aluminum. 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-Mica AreaMicaProspect
Mica AreaAluminum, SilicaProspect
Mica PeakFeldsparOccurrence
Saxby Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
Clay Occurrence Saxby AreaClayOccurrence
Excelsior Nontronite DepositClayOccurrence
Mica CreekClayOccurrence
Saxby-Manito AreaClayProspect
Spokane Nontronite DepositClayOccurrence
FreemanFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane 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
Coey1.3 miles12
Freeman3.4 miles16
Rockford3.8 miles12
Saxby4.6 miles12
Mica5.4 miles16
Darknell5.8 miles12
Valleyford5.9 miles16
Mount Hope6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511118. 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.