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Mount Hope, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99012. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield quadrangle.

Mount Hope within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
2 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEONE SPOT
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSpokane County Fire DistrictsELDER WHEAT
29 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMERON
22 August 2003Recreation and ceremony6.6 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mount Hope: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Fairfield QuarryGranitePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
NessleyFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Saxby-Manito AreaClayProspect
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed 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
Darknell3.1 miles12
Rockford4.6 miles12
Freeman4.9 miles16
Fairfield5.0 miles12
West Fairfield5.4 miles12
Valleyford5.8 miles16
Manito6.0 miles16
Coey6.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511168. 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.