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Old Toroda, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98859. It stands on Cougar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bodie quadrangle.

Old Toroda within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Old Toroda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 56 started naturally. None 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
Natural56
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Other causes4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestVIRGINA LILLY
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestINCIDENT 174
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWAUCONDA TWENTY
12 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSWEAT CREEK
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersONE MOCCASIN
1 September 2009Natural1.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCACHE CREEK
9 August 1999Natural4.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCUKE
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forest191

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Old Toroda: 12 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 6 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
American FlagCopper, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
American Flag ClaimsCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer1898, 1918, 1919
American Flag MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown
BodieGold, Silver, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Bodie Gold MineGold, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer1897, 1902, 1944
Hermance Manganese ProspectManganeseUnknown
Idaho Girl PropertyLead, ZincUnknown
KellyTungsten, CopperOccurrenceScheelite
MooreGarnetOccurrence
SheridanSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Toroda in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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
June 2022Flash FloodOld Toroda$400,000Heavy rain over the Walker Creek Burn Scar created a debris flow. The radar estimated precipitation rates of 2-3.5 inches were observed close to the location of flash flooding on Bonaparte Lake Road. Three homes and several vehicles were damaged. Power outage lasted around 4 hours.
May 2023Debris FlowOld Toroda$1,000Bonaparte Lake Road is impassable at MP 2.1 due to roadway washout. Time of report is when noticed.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindOld Toroda$500A member of the public posted photos on social media of numerous trees down at Bonaparte Lake Resort. Time of event estimated from radar.

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
Bodie3.9 miles12
Wauconda Summit4.2 miles16
Old Wauconda5.1 miles16
Wauconda6.5 miles13
Chesaw13.8 miles12
Havillah15.9 miles12
Aeneas16.3 miles14
Molson20.8 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.

Wikidata item Q122571852The 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 1524016. 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.