BlockPark Rapids, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Colville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99114. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park Rapids quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Park Rapids quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Colville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Park Rapids quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Park Rapids between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge | PROSPECTCK |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GNAGY |
| 6 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILE POST 371 |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KITT NARCISSE 1 |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | INC278 |
| 26 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge | 346 |
| 24 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge | GNAGY ROAD |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Rapids in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1524212. 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.
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.