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Osborne Corner, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99133. The Survey maps it on the Alameda Flat quadrangle.

Osborne Corner within Douglas 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

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Osborne Corner between 2002 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution75 acresSpokane DistrictWEBBER SPRINGS
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use20 acresSpokane DistrictCASTLE ROCK
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyCHIEF JOE
31 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyMCCUEN FIRE
28 August 2013Other causes6.1 acresColville AgencyPENIEL
15 August 2013Other causesunder an acreColville AgencyWILLS FIRE
4 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville AgencyWELLS FIELD

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Osborne Corner: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gold Bar PlacerGoldUnknown
Hopkins PlacerGoldUnknown
Murray PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Murray PlacerGoldUnknown

Every working 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
Nilles Corner9.7 miles10
Leahy12.1 miles6
Crown Point Vista14.2 miles16
Brandts Landing16.2 miles11
Sims Corner17.5 miles6
Fairview20.4 miles6
Mold21.9 miles7
Bridgeport23.3 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122597352The 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 1511208. 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.