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Old Wauconda, Washington

16 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. The Survey maps it on the Wauconda Summit quadrangle.

Old Wauconda within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Old Wauconda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 353 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2000Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestFIR
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTARVATION
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
30 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDIAMOND BELL
3 August 2004Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestRAINEY FIR
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBONA FIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Old Wauconda: 11 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Garnet. 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
Hermance Manganese ProspectManganeseUnknown
MooreGarnetOccurrence
WaucondaGoldUnknown
Wauconda MineGoldProspectVein
Dept of HighwaysStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed BasaltStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
WaucondaStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
WaucondaStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working 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
Wauconda Summit0.9 miles16
Wauconda3.3 miles13
Old Toroda5.1 miles12
Bodie8.9 miles12
Aeneas11.5 miles14
Havillah15.4 miles12
Chesaw16.9 miles12
Anglin18.1 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 Q122596415The 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 1524019. 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.