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Orin, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Colville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99114. The Survey maps it on the Arden quadrangle. It stands 1,568 feet above sea level.

Orin within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

134 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Orin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning43
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony17
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes7
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCKY RESPONSE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStevens County Fire DistrictsCOUNTRY
5 September 1995Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHALLER PILE
3 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution8.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersORIN FRIED RICE
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCKY A GIBSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Orin: 7 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Tungsten, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Peaceful ValleyLimestone, GeneralProspectLimestone
Rocky LakeMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Rocky LakeMolybdenum, Copper, Gold, SilverProspect
Colville Valley Concrete CoLimestone, DimensionProducer
Tulare QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Brook-AshleyUranium, TungstenOccurrence
McmillianTungstenOccurrence
Robert E LeeUranium, TungstenOccurrence
ArdenUraniumOccurrence
HarpUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orin in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindOrin$1,000Downed trees blocking SB lane of US 395 near Orin Rice Road. A sensor recorded a max gust of 21 MPH around the time of report.

Every storm recorded in Stevens 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
Arden2.8 miles10
Colville3.8 miles13
Pinkney City6.1 miles13
Greenwood9.7 miles12
Ward9.9 miles12
Addy10.1 miles11
Echo10.9 miles12
Kettle Falls11.3 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.

Wikipedia article on OrinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989059The 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 1524072. 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.