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Newman Lake, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Mount Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99025. It stands on Schackle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newman Lake quadrangle. It stands 2,188 feet above sea level.

Newman Lake within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Newman Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 28 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
Debris and open burning34
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2008Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIDGEWAY STRIKE
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters515
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane County Fire DistrictsDALKE AVENUE
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTARR SPOT
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTEMPLE AGAIN
21 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAKEVIEW 2
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAKEWOOD
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Newman Lake: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Beryllium. 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
Greenland ProspectBerylliumProspect
Moab QuarryGranitePast Producer
Moab PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Starr Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newman Lake in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 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 2013Thunderstorm WindNewman Lake$50,000A squall line moving across the Newman Lake area destroyed a barn before pushing into the Idaho Panhandle. Wind speeds were estimated to up to between 55 and 60 miles per hour. A rough damage estimate was used for the event.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNewman Lake$4,000ASOS at Fairchild Air Force Base recorded 45 MPH gusts at 1605LST. A gust front passed through Spokane County causing widespread minor damage. Several tree limbs and power lines were downed from Otis Orchards to Airway Heights. A two foot diameter tree was uprooted near I-90 and Hwy 195 interchange. Several 4 to 8 inch diameter pine trees were knocked down along Hwy 2 near Airport Drive.
July 2008HailNewman Lake-One inch of rain was also recorded in one hour.
June 2006HailNewman Lake-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
Moab3.9 miles19
East Farms5.3 miles19
Otis Orchards5.3 miles19
Ne'sqhwaqhwe (historical)6.4 miles19
Chnak'wa'qn Breaks7.0 miles18
Velox7.3 miles18
Arturdee (historical)7.3 miles19
Peone7.3 miles19

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 Newman LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6041613The 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 1511452. 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.