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Orchard Prairie, Washington

19 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 99217. It stands on Orchard Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Spokane NE quadrangle. It stands 2,369 feet above sea level.

Orchard Prairie within Spokane County

On record in Orchard Prairie

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

9 surveys from 19 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

377 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 377 fires within 5 miles of Orchard Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 846 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 30 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 ceremony117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined88
Misuse of fire by a minor47
Arson/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use19
Fireworks15
Smoking12
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEONE
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT PURSUIT
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMAG CAMP
6 September 1999Debris and open burning14 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersESMERALDA
5 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOURTLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Orchard Prairie: 30 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Building Supplies, Inc.ClayPast Producer
Evergreen QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
MeadPumicePast Producer
Mead Reduction PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalProducer1942
Bigelow GulchFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
FitzgeraldFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
MeadSilicaPast Producer
Spokane Silica Sand DepositSilicaOccurrence
Center and Perry St. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane 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
Pasadena Park2.9 miles19
Mead3.3 miles15
Hutton Settlement3.3 miles19
Hillyard3.5 miles19
Orchard Avenue3.5 miles19
Millwood3.9 miles19
Orchard Park3.9 miles19
Parkwater3.9 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on Orchard PrairieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989058The 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 1514847. 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.