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Nason Creek, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Leavenworth-Lake Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98826. It stands on Butcher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wenatchee quadrangle.

Nason Creek within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Nason Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,872 acres in total. 30 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
Natural30
Recreation and ceremony28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOLTER
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestNATAPOC RIDGE
5 September 2001Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBUTCHER CREEK
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLAURA
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLONG LOST
28 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestZANIKA
21 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestAREA 15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Nason Creek: 15 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Early DawnStoneProspect
MerrittSilica, MolybdenumPast Producer
Mother Lode PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nason RidgeAsbestosOccurrence
MerrittMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrrhotite
CadmanSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
ChristensonSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Chelan 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
Merritt2.7 miles17
Coles Corner3.1 miles17
Winton3.6 miles17
Telma5.4 miles17
Chiwaukum6.1 miles17
Plain7.4 miles17
Berne9.8 miles16
Chumstick9.9 miles17

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 Q122597614The 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 1523579. 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.