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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Chiwaukum quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Chiwaukum quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Wenatchee Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Lake Wenatchee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Lake Wenatchee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COLTER |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | NATAPOC RIDGE |
| 5 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BUTCHER CREEK |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LAURA |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LONG LOST |
| 28 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | ZANIKA |
| 21 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | AREA 15 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Dawn | Stone | Prospect | ||
| Merritt | Silica, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Mother Lode Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nason Ridge | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Merritt | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Cadman | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Christenson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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 Q122597614 | 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 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.






