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Mason City, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Colville Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99116. It lies near Sand Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mason City within Okanogan 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Mason City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,818 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined16
Fireworks14
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
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 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColville AgencyMANILA CR
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyELMER CITY TRAILER P
28 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColville AgencyELMER CITY GUARDRAIL
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaSPRING CANYON
19 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution227 acresLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaSPRINGCANY
13 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreColville AgencyUSBR DUMP
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined230 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's Office230 SWITCH YARD FIRE
11 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColville AgencyCOLUMBIA VIEW APT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Mason City (historical): 14 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum. 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
Black - RosauerMolybdenum, Silver, Gold, BismuthProducerGalena, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Black-RosauerSilver, Bismuth, Gold, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Coulee City DepositAluminumOccurrence
Electric CityMolybdenum, Bismuth, Gold, Beryllium, SilverProspect
PetersonUraniumOccurrence
State Pit Ps-T-158StonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black Rosauer-Electric CityMolybdenumOccurrence
Hope No. 1Silver, GoldProspect
Silver QueenSilverProspect

Every working 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
Mason City1.1 miles16
Coulee Dam1.1 miles16
Lone Pine2.2 miles16
Elmer City3.3 miles16
Koontzville4.6 miles10
Seatons Grove5.1 miles10
Belvedere6.9 miles10
Nespelem14.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514921. 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.