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Mowich Illahee, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Conconully-Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98840. It stands on Depue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buck Mountain quadrangle.

Mowich Illahee within Okanogan County

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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Mowich Illahee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,216 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 3 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
Natural61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH BUCK
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJODY SPRINGS
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWOODY CLEARCUT
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUCK RIDGE
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.7 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNOT PUSH OVER
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCK CREEK
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBUCK
5 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mowich Illahee: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Quartz, Silica, Silver. 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
Buck MountainTungsten, MolybdenumUnknown
Buck MountainTungsten, Silver, MolybdenumPast Producer
Buck Mountain ClaimTungsten, Molybdenum, SilverPast ProducerMolybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Tetrahedrite
ChlorideSilver, Antimony, Gold, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
WindfallSilver, Antimony, GoldProspect
Buzzard SilicaSilicaPast Producer
HowellQuartzOccurrenceQuartz
Loup LoupSilicaUnknown
Loup LoupQuartzOccurrenceQuartz

Every working recorded in Okanogan 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
Loop Loop (historical)6.5 miles11
Olema7.7 miles12
Ruby8.4 miles11
Brown Lake9.6 miles11
Malott9.7 miles12
Chillowist11.4 miles12
Conconully11.6 miles12
Okanogan12.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122553278The 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 1523453. 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.