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Orondo, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98843. It lies near Corbaley Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Entiat quadrangle. It stands 758 feet above sea level.

Orondo within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Orondo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,927 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 1 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSPENCER CANYON
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPENCER CANYON
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMELVIN
13 September 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSWITCHBACK
8 August 2008Natural1.5 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestMILLS CANYON
8 August 2008Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILLS
8 August 1992Arson/incendiarism20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Orondo: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, Mercury. 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
EntiatPumiceOccurrence
Lockwood and ColeTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
LovejoyGalliumOccurrence
Mills CanyonMagnesiteOccurrence
OrondoMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Prairie DogGold, SilverPast Producer
Entiat QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hollingshead QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bowyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Entiat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orondo in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindOrondo2 hurtTree fell onto mobile home that briefly trapped the occupants. Bedroom door was damaged and occupants had to crawl through an opening to the hallway to escape. Minor injuries were sustained to an adult female and a child.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindOrondo$8,000Downed power lines in several locations South of Chelan Falls.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindOrondo$2,000Downed wires reported near Lincoln Rock Road and Cascade Loop.
June 2022HailOrondo-Quarter size hail reported. Observer also estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2006HailOrondo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Waterville8.3 miles11
Patterson (historical)10.2 miles16
Douglas11.7 miles12
Okanogan City (historical)12.2 miles7
McLeans Orchard (historical)12.5 miles14
Alstown13.0 miles6
East Wenatchee Bench14.1 miles16
Broadway14.6 miles16

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 OrondoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474716The 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 1524075. 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.