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Pocahontas Bay, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Deer Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99009. The Survey maps it on the Elk quadrangle.

Pocahontas Bay within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Pocahontas Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 10 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 burning68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Natural30
Recreation and ceremony24
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism10
Other causes7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks3
Smoking3

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHELTER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPASTURE
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSKINNY MONTGOMERY
4 September 2002Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDAHL ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Pocahontas Bay: 16 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Uranium, Iron. 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
Elk QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HansenGold, Copper, Lead, ZincProspect
Jansen Iron ProspectIronOccurrence
NevellGold, Tungsten, SilverProspect
PindleCopper, Silver, LeadProspect
Spokane Marble Co.Stone, DimensionPast Producer
SchaeferUraniumOccurrence
SchaeferUraniumOccurrence
WoldGoldProspect
Neville 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
Grays Landing0.8 miles13
Milan4.8 miles14
Elk5.2 miles13
T Bridge Corner6.7 miles13
Deer Park7.5 miles13
Denison8.9 miles13
Chattaroy9.6 miles14
Buckeye12.9 miles15

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 Q122543188The 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 1524520. 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.