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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.

Mason City within Okanogan County

On record in Mason City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Mason City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33,523 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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
Fireworks18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
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
2 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minor12 acresColville AgencySEATONS GROVE
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Mason City: 13 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
Black Rosauer-Electric CityMolybdenumOccurrence
Hope No. 1Silver, GoldProspect
Silver QueenSilverProspect
Allied Concrete Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Coulee Dam0.4 miles16
Mason City (historical)1.1 miles16
Lone Pine1.1 miles16
Elmer City2.3 miles16
Koontzville3.6 miles10
Seatons Grove4.0 miles10
Belvedere5.8 miles10
Nespelem13.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511663. 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.