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Parkwater, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99212. It lies near Spokane Valley. The Survey maps it on the Spokane NE quadrangle.

Parkwater within Spokane County

On record in Parkwater

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

341 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Parkwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,746 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 42 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
Recreation and ceremony122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Arson/incendiarism42
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Natural13
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Fireworks9
Smoking9
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT PURSUIT
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersESMERALDA
5 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOURTLAND
4 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFARR
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Parkwater: 25 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Granite. 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
Bigelow GulchFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Empire Granite QuarryGranite, Silica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
DishmanSilicaOccurrence
Spokane Silica Sand DepositSilicaOccurrence
Center and Perry St. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Havana and 10th QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Acme PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Gulch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane 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
Orchard Park0.4 miles19
Yardley0.6 miles19
Orchard Avenue1.5 miles19
East Spokane1.8 miles19
Hillyard2.5 miles19
Millwood2.6 miles19
Dishman2.9 miles19
Pasadena Park3.0 miles19

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 Q122596995The 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 1512549. 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.