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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.

Metaline within Pend Oreille County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Metaline 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.

YearPeople Change
2010173
2020162-11 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

35 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural18
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
15 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLOST CREEK
13 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColville National ForestWEREWOLF (RED FLAG)
31 August 2013Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestS. FORK FLUME CREEK
3 August 1994Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National ForestRIVERSIDE MINE
27 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestGOAT
18 August 2004Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestLIME LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 90 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bella May MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, UraniumPast Producer1906
Bella May MineZinc, Cadmium, Lead, Silver, UraniumProspect
Bella May, Diamond R., Polly MollyMolybdenum, Lead, ZincOccurrenceReplacement
Blue BucketZinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Blue BucketSilver, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Blue JimSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldProspect
Blue JimSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, AntimonyOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Frisco - StandardSilver, Copper, Antimony, Lead, ZincProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tetrahedrite
Grandview MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Cadmium, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1924
Grandview MineZinc, Lead, Silver, CadmiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2018Debris FlowMetaline$1,000A debris flow was reported covering one lane of Highway 31 south of Metaline Falls.
February 2015Debris FlowMetaline$1,000Heavy Rain caused a mudslide which closed the northbound lanes of highway 31 at milepost 13 in Metaline, WA.
February 2015Debris FlowMetaline$1,000Law Enforcement reported several small rock slides on highway 31 near Metaline Falls, WA between milepost 10 and 15.
May 2015HailMetaline$500A 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 2014Debris FlowMetaline-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 2012Debris FlowMetaline-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 2009Thunderstorm WindMetaline-Mature Pines were uprooted along Highway 31 north and south of Metaline.

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Metaline Falls1.3 miles13
Pend Oreille Village1.8 miles13
Ione7.7 miles14
Tiger11.0 miles14
Lost Creek16.7 miles12
Diamond City17.0 miles12
Blueslide20.4 miles12
Ruby23.2 miles12

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 MetalineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1510819The 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.