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Milan, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Colbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99003. It stands on West Branch Little Spokane River. The Survey maps it on the Chattaroy quadrangle. It stands 1,775 feet above sea level.

Milan within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

283 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Milan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. 35 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
Debris and open burning100
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony30
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Arson/incendiarism10
Other causes9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Fireworks4

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILAN ROAD
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAUREL ROAD
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHELTER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMUEHLE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPASTURE
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKONA
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHILLTOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Milan: 21 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Aluminum. 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
MilanAluminumOccurrence
MilanDiatomiteOccurrence
Bear Creek ProspectUraniumOccurrence
DawnUraniumOccurrence
Dawn Uranium & OilUraniumProspect
SchaeferUraniumOccurrence
SchaeferUraniumOccurrence
Bartlett QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Elk QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hansen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milan in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMilan$8,000WSDOT reported downed tree on US 2 and car versus tree collision due to downed tree. Time estimated by radar archive.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMilan-Tree limbs were blown down, blocking portions of Elk Chattaroy Road.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMilan-no account filed

Every storm 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
Grays Landing4.1 miles13
Elk4.5 miles13
Pocahontas Bay4.8 miles13
Chattaroy5.5 miles14
Denison6.9 miles13
Deer Park7.7 miles13
T Bridge Corner7.9 miles13
Buckeye8.9 miles15

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 MilanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6016294The 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 1512463. 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.