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Maplecreek, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Entiat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98816. It stands on Maple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winesap quadrangle. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.

Maplecreek within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Maplecreek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,988 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 2 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
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2012Natural50 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestNAVARRE COULEE 2
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBRANCH
6 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSTAYMAN FLATS
5 August 2009Natural2.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBIRD CANYON
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTAYMAN
3 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined156 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFOOTHILLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Maplecreek: 9 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Feldspar, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Copper. 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
DickNickel, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
DickCobalt, Copper, NickelOccurrence1898
DickNickel, Copper, CobaltUnknown
Dick Nickel PropertyPumice, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, NickelProspect
Lovitt MineStoneUnknown
Strack TungstenTungstenOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Winesap CanyonUranium, MicaUnknown
Carroll PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chelan 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
Stayman3.1 miles14
Winesap3.7 miles14
Sunnybank5.0 miles14
Lakeside5.8 miles14
Lake Chelan Hills6.2 miles14
Manson6.8 miles13
Chelan7.5 miles14
Granite Falls8.1 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q27989021The 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 1530777. 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.