Metaline, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Ione-Metaline Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99152. It stands on Linton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Metaline quadrangle. 162 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,021 feet above sea level.
On record in Metaline
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 1 record
Boundary Hydroelectric Projectlisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresMetaline fell from 173 to 162 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 | 173 | |
| 2020 | 162 | -11 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Metaline quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Metaline quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Metaline quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Colville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Metaline quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Metaline between 1994 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOST CREEK |
| 13 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colville National Forest | WEREWOLF (RED FLAG) |
| 31 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | S. FORK FLUME CREEK |
| 3 August 1994 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colville National Forest | RIVERSIDE MINE |
| 27 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | GOAT |
| 18 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | LIME LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 90 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 90 workings within 5 miles of Metaline: 38 past producers, 27 occurrences, 20 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bella May Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Bella May Mine | Zinc, Cadmium, Lead, Silver, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Bella May, Diamond R., Polly Molly | Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Blue Bucket | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bucket | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Jim | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Blue Jim | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Antimony | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Frisco - Standard | Silver, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Grandview Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Cadmium, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1924 | |
| Grandview Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Cadmium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Metaline in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 5 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2018 | Debris Flow | Metaline | $1,000 | A debris flow was reported covering one lane of Highway 31 south of Metaline Falls. |
| February 2015 | Debris Flow | Metaline | $1,000 | Heavy Rain caused a mudslide which closed the northbound lanes of highway 31 at milepost 13 in Metaline, WA. |
| February 2015 | Debris Flow | Metaline | $1,000 | Law Enforcement reported several small rock slides on highway 31 near Metaline Falls, WA between milepost 10 and 15. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Metaline | $500 | A public works employee at Box Canyon Dam or 3 mile south southwest of Metaline, WA measured 1.75 inch hail that fell and damaged a vehicle. |
| March 2014 | Debris Flow | Metaline | - | The southbound lane of State Route 31 at milepost 11 was blocked by a combination of mud and large rocks. Time of the debris flow was estimated. |
| November 2012 | Debris Flow | Metaline | - | A rock slide blocked the north bound lane on State Route 31 at milepost 8. Short delays were reported as traffic in both directions alternated the use of the south bound lane. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metaline | - | Mature Pines were uprooted along Highway 31 north and south of Metaline. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metaline Falls | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pend Oreille Village | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ione | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Tiger | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lost Creek | 16.7 miles | 12 | |
| Diamond City | 17.0 miles | 12 | |
| Blueslide | 20.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ruby | 23.2 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 Metaline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1510819 | 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 1523022. 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.






