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.
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.
- Michael Horan Houselisted 1992 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1913 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HORSE LAKE ROAD |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Smoking | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HORSE LAKE |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | NUMBER TWO CANYON |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | EAST VIEW |
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WARMSPRINGS |
| 26 August 2003 | Fireworks | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CANYON VIEW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Cannon | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Cannon Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic | Producer | Acanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Dry Gulch | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Monitor | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Riverview Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Squaw Saddle | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Starnose | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Cannon Gold Mine | Gold, Silver | Plant | 1982, 1985 | |
| Gold Knob | Gold, Silver | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Olds | $100,000 | Several roads flooded and temporarily closed in the Sunnyslope area, with mud and debris flows common. one residence was flooded. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Olds | $2,000 | Several 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Olds | $1,000 | A spotter reported manhole covers being blown off of storm drain access holes from surging water in downtown Wenatchee. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Olds | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyslope | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| West Wenatchee | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Wenatchee | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Appleyard | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Monitor | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wenatchee Heights | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cashmere | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Malaga | 9.2 miles | 13 |
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.







