Opportunity, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99206. The Survey maps it on the Greenacres quadrangle.
On record in Opportunity
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.
Opportunity Township Halllisted 2005 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
339 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 339 fires within 5 miles of Opportunity between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,380 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 119 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VALLEY MAZE |
| 9 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SALTESE |
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MIRABEAU RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Opportunity: 32 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Granite Quarry | Granite, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sommer Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Sumers Clay Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Dishman | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| H. Seidel Clay Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Shelley Lake | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Spokane Silica Sand Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Havana and 10th Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Opportunity in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512530. 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.







