Peone, Washington
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Colbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99021. The Survey maps it on the Foothills quadrangle. It stands 1,887 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Mt Spokane quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mt Spokane quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Foothills quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Peone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 319 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIDGEWAY STRIKE |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TEMPLE AGAIN |
| 28 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HOWE LOWE |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LINDGREN |
| 21 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Peone: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Silica, Mica, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deadman Creek | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Fuher Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Gladding, Mcbean Silica Quarry | Silica, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fitzgerald | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Noyd | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Skattum | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peone in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 debris flow, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flood | Peone | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Flood | Peone | $10,000 | Recent rains have caused part of the road to wash away and currently one lane is open. |
| January 2018 | Debris Flow | Peone | $1,000 | A mudslide on State Route 209 near Colbert closed down one lane of the road until the highway department cleared it. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peone | - | WSDOT report of trees down on State Route 206. Time estimated by radar archive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bluff | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Colbert | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Orchard Prairie | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mead | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hutton Settlement | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| Newman Lake | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Trentwood | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Irwin | 7.6 miles | 18 |
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 Peone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q26902723 | The 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 1511223. 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.






