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Olds, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98801. It lies near Birch Flat. The Survey maps it on the Wenatchee quadrangle.

Olds within Chelan County

On record in Olds

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Olds between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,017 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Fireworks4
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined54 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHORSE LAKE ROAD
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2016Smoking20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHORSE LAKE
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestNUMBER TWO CANYON
18 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictEAST VIEW
4 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWARMSPRINGS
26 August 2003Fireworks1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 August 2004Equipment and vehicle use50 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCANYON VIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Olds: 25 past producers, 14 occurrences, 5 prospects, 2 plants. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Aluminum, Gold. 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
(Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
CannonGold, SilverPast ProducerAcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Cannon MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProducerAcanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Dry GulchPerliteOccurrence
MonitorTinOccurrence
Riverview ProspectCopperOccurrence
Squaw SaddleMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
StarnoseLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Cannon Gold MineGold, SilverPlant1982, 1985
Gold KnobGold, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olds in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 1 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
June 2022Flash FloodOlds$100,000Several roads flooded and temporarily closed in the Sunnyslope area, with mud and debris flows common. one residence was flooded.
June 2019Flash FloodOlds$2,000Several photographs were printed in the Wenatchee World Newspaper showing street flooding and storm drain overflow in the city of Wenatchee from a thunderstorm with heavy rain.
June 2019Flash FloodOlds$1,000A spotter reported manhole covers being blown off of storm drain access holes from surging water in downtown Wenatchee.
May 2011FloodOlds-A swollen Columbia River flooded portions of the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail just north of Confluence State Park the evening of the 28th through the 29th. The flow on the Columbia River hit 335,500 CFS at Rocky Reach Dam. The high river levels also submerged parts of the sandy spit and pedestrian bridge at Walla Walla Point Park. Restrooms were closed at Kirby Billingsley Hydro Park for public safety concerns due to high water levels threatening electrical wiring which supplied the restrooms pumping system.

Every storm recorded in Chelan 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
Sunnyslope0.8 miles16
West Wenatchee1.9 miles16
Wenatchee2.9 miles16
Appleyard4.7 miles16
Monitor5.0 miles14
Wenatchee Heights7.5 miles15
Cashmere8.5 miles13
Malaga9.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1524021. 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.