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Pateros, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Brewster-Wakefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98846. It stands on Methow River. The Survey maps it on the Pateros quadrangle. 593 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Pateros within Okanogan County

Population over time

2 figures

Pateros fell from 667 to 593 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010667
2020593-74 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Pateros between 1993 and 2020, burning about 20,492 acres in total. 18 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2016Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPATEROS VIEW
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestGOAT MOUNTAIN
24 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROLLING HILL
15 September 2012Arson/incendiarism7,378 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestGOAT
9 August 1996Fireworks9.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 August 2004Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBACKSIDE GOAT
4 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
31 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPATEROS DRAW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan 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 Pateros: 13 past producers, 9 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alta LakeAsbestos, Nickel, CopperUnknown
Alta LakeLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Friday ClaimsGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
FullerIron, Copper, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerOther
Fuller PropertyIron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Titanium, Metal, CopperPast Producer1944
Schulz and ChesneyGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Alta Lake ProspectNickel, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
Blue Grouse Nickel ProspectCopper, NickelUnknown
Diamond QueenGold, SilverUnknown
FridayGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pateros in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 1 flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPateros$70,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees at Alta Lake State Park. At least 2 parked automobiles were damaged when large trees fell on them. Social media reports indicated 4 people were injured as trees fell within the campsites. Time of event estimated from radar.
May 2008FloodPateros-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okanogan 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
Starr4.1 miles9
Virginia City (historical)7.0 miles12
Brewster7.2 miles12
Methow7.6 miles13
Paradise Hill9.4 miles13
Thompson (historical)10.2 miles12
Monse13.5 miles12
Wakefield14.6 miles12

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 PaterosAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1510527The 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 1524247. 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.