Nine Mile Falls, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Airway Heights census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99026. It stands on Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nine Mile Falls quadrangle. It stands 1,598 feet above sea level.
On record in Nine Mile Falls
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Central Schoolhouse (District No. 49)listed 1992
Nine Mile Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Districtlisted 1990
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1944 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Nine Mile Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
297 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Nine Mile Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,370 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 20 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 burning | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Fireworks | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Other causes | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH SWENSON |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PHEASANT WAY |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LUPIN LANE |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PINE BLUFF |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CRAIG |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PINE BLUFF |
| 30 September 1994 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ARDEA LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Nine Mile Falls: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Spokane River Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Stevens County Rd Dept | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Nine Mile Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burlington Northern Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Highland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nine Mile Falls in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2017: 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Flood | Nine Mile Falls | $100,000 | The Little Spokane River Gage at Dartford recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 6.5 feet at 2:45 PM PST March 15th. The river fluctuated slightly above and below Flood Stage before rising again and cresting 6.8 feet at 11:15 AM on March 19th. The river then slowly receded, dropping below Flood Stage at 2:15 AM March 20th. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nine Mile Falls | - | A two foot diameter Ponderosa Pine tree was uprooted at Sontag Park northwest of Spokane. Several other trees were blown down or snapped in the vicinity. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Nine Mile Falls | - | A member of the public reported water over roadways and entering basements of some homes in and near Nine Mile Falls, WA. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Mile | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Highland | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lyons | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fairwood | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dartford | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hazard | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Town and Country | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hamann Corner | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Nine Mile Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3341970 | 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 1511827. 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.





