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Mica, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Valleyford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99023. The Survey maps it on the Freeman quadrangle. It stands 2,480 feet above sea level.

Mica within Spokane County

On record in Mica

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 2 records

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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Mica between 1992 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony17
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Other causes2

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
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLINKE
6 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor6.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMPBELL STRIKE
5 September 2003Railroad operations and maintenance22 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBELMOUNT RESOURCES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Mica: 14 past producers, 12 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Chester PegmatiteFeldsparOccurrence
ExcelsiorTitanium, ClayProspect
Excelsior Clay DepositTitanium, MetalOccurrenceClay, Ilmenite
Freeman-Mica AreaMicaProspect
Mica AreaAluminum, SilicaProspect
Silver HillTungsten, TinOccurrence
Sumers Clay PitKaolinPast Producer
Tower MountainBerylliumOccurrence
Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Conrad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane 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
Valleyford2.2 miles16
Freeman2.7 miles16
Chester4.7 miles17
Manito5.4 miles16
Coey6.6 miles12
Vera7.0 miles18
Veradale7.0 miles18
Opportunity7.1 miles18

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 MicaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6827818The 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 1512460. 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.