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.
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
California Ranchlisted 1980- American Firebrick Companylisted 1982
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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LINKE |
| 6 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAMPBELL STRIKE |
| 5 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BELMOUNT RESOURCES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Pegmatite | Feldspar | Occurrence | ||
| Excelsior | Titanium, Clay | Prospect | ||
| Excelsior Clay Deposit | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Clay, Ilmenite | |
| Freeman-Mica Area | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Mica Area | Aluminum, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Silver Hill | Tungsten, Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Sumers Clay Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Tower Mountain | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Conrad Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valleyford | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Freeman | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Chester | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Manito | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Coey | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Vera | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Veradale | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Opportunity | 7.1 miles | 18 |
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 Mica | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6827818 | 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 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.






