Peshastin, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cashmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98847. It lies near Anderson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Peshastin quadrangle. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Chiwaukum quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Chiwaukum quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Peshastin quadrangle1:24000
- 2003 USGS Peshastin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Peshastin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,222 acres in total. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BRISKY CANYON 2 |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | L7 |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | POSEY |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BRISKY CANYON |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 40 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WILLIAMS |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JUDGE CANYON |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOUNDARY BUTTE |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BLAG MOUNTAIN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Peshastin: 15 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Asbestos, Silica. 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 Republican | Niobium (Columbium), Cobalt, Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Leavenworth | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Leavenworth | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Leavenworth Placer | Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Redmon Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Iclce Creek | Asbestos | Prospect | ||
| Mill Creek | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Leavenworth Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Wednesday Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Wenatchee River Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peshastin in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2009: 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2009 | Flood | Peshastin | $1,100,000 | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Flood | Peshastin | - | Heavy rain led to flooding on the Wenatchee River at Peshastin. The river crested at 15.0 feet at 8 pm on November 7th. Flood stage at this location is 13.0 feet. A lodge's lower rooms were flooded by the river. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Leavenworth | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cashmere | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Chumstick | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Blewett (historical) | 10.6 miles | 15 | |
| Chiwaukum | 10.8 miles | 17 | |
| Monitor | 11.4 miles | 14 | |
| Winton | 13.5 miles | 17 |
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 Peshastin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7171363 | 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 1524346. 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.






