Marble, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kettle Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99157. It stands on Rattlesnake Creek. The Survey maps it on the China Bend quadrangle. It stands 1,473 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS China Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Colville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Marble between 1992 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 48 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | CHILLY FLAGSTAFF |
| 8 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 25 SHOCK SPOTS |
| 4 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MARBLE TWO |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FRANKLINSTEIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Marble: 15 prospects, 10 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 5 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Limestone, Dimension, Molybdenum, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bullion | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Heritage | Zinc, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Jani Quarry | Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Minorca | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| O Toole Mountain | Uranium, REE | Occurrence | ||
| Phillips Ranch Prospect | Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Serendip | Magnesite, Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Tile Creek | Antimony | Prospect | ||
| Botte-Chino Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marble in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flood | Marble | $800,000 | Saturated soil conditions caused by periodic heavy rain and snow melt during the month of March and the first half of April produced extensive field flooding along the Colville River and debris flows through out the county. Flooding also damage area roads with the most notable event being the closure of Highway 395 near Colville due to persistent flooding. The road was cut by a flood in March, and opened back up in the first week of April. Thirteen other secondary roads in the county were closed due to flooding and debris flows. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Marble | $1,000 | Culvert and washout issues on Snyder Road on Swede Pass roadway from heavy rain/snowmelt. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Dalles (historical) | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ryan | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Onion Creek | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Northport | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bossburg | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Velvet | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Frontier | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Evans | 11.4 miles | 12 |
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 Marble | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989023 | 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 1522700. 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.





