Osborne, Washington
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Grand Coulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99123. The Survey maps it on the Electric City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Electric City quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Electric City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Osborne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,584 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 17,049 acres | Spokane District | BARKER CANYON |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | EDENHARBOR |
| 2 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | CAMPFIRE15 |
| 1 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,513 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | SMITH LAKE FIRE |
| 6 July 2020 | Fireworks | 5.5 acres | Spokane District | BANKS ISLAND |
| 5 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Spokane District | BARKER CANYON |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Spokane District | SOUTH EAGLE ROCK |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | DAY NUMBER ONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Osborne: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Uranium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black - Rosauer | Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Bismuth | Producer | Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite | |
| Black-Rosauer | Silver, Bismuth, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Electric City | Molybdenum, Bismuth, Gold, Beryllium, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rosauer-Electric City | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Grand Coulee | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hope No. 1 | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Peterson | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Queen | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Banks Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osborne in 2 storm reports in 2008: 2 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric City | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Delano Heights | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Grand Coulee | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| East Heights | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hanson | 12.5 miles | 6 | |
| Hartline | 14.9 miles | 6 | |
| Fordair | 21.5 miles | 7 | |
| Odair | 22.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511455. 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.




