Marcus, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kettle Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99141. It stands on Marcus Island. The Survey maps it on the Marcus quadrangle. 216 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,391 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMarcus grew from 183 to 216 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 | 183 | |
| 2020 | 216 | +33 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1936 USGS Marcus quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Marcus quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Kettle Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Kettle Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Marcus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Republic quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
270 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Marcus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,386 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KIFER ROAD |
| 7 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOSSBURG AGAIN |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | KAMLOOPS |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DJ BARREL |
| 5 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | CAMPFIRE42 |
| 4 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PEACH CREST |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SINGERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 79 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Marcus: 34 occurrences, 19 prospects, 15 past producers, 6 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Nickel, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Group | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Brooks Property | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| City View | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| City View | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Columbia River | Copper, Antimony, Gold, Silver | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Columbia, Coyote, Gray Eagle | Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Cornet | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gold Bar | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Bar | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Antimony | Producer | Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Gold Bar | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcus in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | $15,000 | Roof lifted off house. Numerous telephone poles down |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines temporarily blocking Highway 395. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Marcus | - | A member of the public reported hail with a diameter of 1.5 inches from thunderstorms near Marcus. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Marcus | - | A member of the public at Blue Moose Lodging reported hail with a diameter of 1.5 inches from thunderstorms near Marcus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Marcus | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bear | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kettle Falls | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Powell | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Blue Town (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Godfrey (historical) | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Evans | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ward | 4.7 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 Marcus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1506772 | 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 1522718. 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.







