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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Coulee Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colville Agency | MANILA CR |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colville Agency | ELMER CITY TRAILER P |
| 28 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colville Agency | ELMER CITY GUARDRAIL |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | SPRING CANYON |
| 19 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 227 acres | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | SPRINGCANY |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colville Agency | USBR DUMP |
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 230 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | 230 SWITCH YARD FIRE |
| 11 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Colville Agency | COLUMBIA VIEW APT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black - Rosauer | Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Bismuth | Producer | Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite | |
| Black-Rosauer | Silver, Bismuth, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Coulee City Deposit | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Electric City | Molybdenum, Bismuth, Gold, Beryllium, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Peterson | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| State Pit Ps-T-158 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rosauer-Electric City | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Hope No. 1 | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Silver Queen | Silver | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason City | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Coulee Dam | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lone Pine | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Elmer City | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Koontzville | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Seatons Grove | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Belvedere | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Nespelem | 14.9 miles | 10 |
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.






