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Nighthawk, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98827. The Survey maps it on the Nighthawk quadrangle. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.

Nighthawk within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Nighthawk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,490 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHOPAKA
18 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use537 acresSpokane DistrictBARBER MOUNTAIN
13 September 2006Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 August 2002Natural4.0 acresSpokane DistrictNIGHTHAWK
30 August 2015Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictELLEMEHAM RUN AROUND
3 August 1994Natural3,073 acresSpokane DistrictELLEMHAN
3 August 1994Natural60 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 1994Natural960 acresSpokane DistrictSIMILKAMEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 121 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Nighthawk: 48 unknowns, 29 occurrences, 21 past producers, 20 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper. 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
BellevueGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
CaliforniaCopper, Zinc, LeadUnknown
California ClaimCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
CatherineSilver, Zinc, Copper, PumiceUnknown
Curlew ClaimsGold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceGalena
DefianceGold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Silica, LeadUnknown
Favorite MineLead, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Four MetalsSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerVein
Four MetalsLead, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, ZincUnknown
Four Metals MineGarnetUnknown

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nighthawk in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
November 2021FloodNighthawk$500,000The Similkameen River, near Nighthawk and Oroville, reached minor flood stage on November 16th. There were post-flood surveys completed that found several properties damaged due to flooding. The flood impacted pasture land, structures, and crops both upstream and downstream of the Similkameen River gage at Nighthawk. The property and crop damage is an estimate due to no official reports of private and public land damage cost. The Similkameen River gage, near Nighthawk, crested at 14.41' on November 16th at 15:00 PST.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNighthawk$120,000A tree was blown down and landed on a house. Several other trees were blown down at the adjacent campground.
May 2018FloodNighthawk$1,000The flooding form the Similkameen River backed up into Palmer Lake during the high water period. This resulted in flooding along the Loomis Oroville Road along the lake shore and the inundation of Chopaka Road which crosses Palmer Creek which drains Palmer Lake into the Similkameen River.
May 2015Flash FloodNighthawk-Public report of water over Loomis-Oroville road. There were also reports of mud and debris covering the road in locations as well as possible washouts.

Every storm 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
Chopaka4.9 miles11
Loomis10.1 miles11
Oroville11.1 miles15
Enterprise12.3 miles11
Cordell14.0 miles13
Ellisforde17.7 miles13
Tonasket21.0 miles11
Molson23.4 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.

Wikipedia article on NighthawkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7033805The 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 1523657. 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.