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Pollard, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Republic census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99166. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Republic quadrangle. It stands 2,679 feet above sea level.

Pollard within Ferry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Pollard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,471 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 5 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 burning52
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTROUT HOTWHEELS
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestBOBCAT
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOLD KNOB HILL
30 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictREPUBLIC
30 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAMBERT FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ferry 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 Pollard: 11 occurrences, 11 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Curlew LakePeatOccurrencePeat
LamefootIron, Silver, GoldProspectReplacement
OverlookGold, Silver, Copper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Pin MoneyGold, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt, AntimonyOccurrencePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite
RepublicGold, Silver, Selenium, Copper, Zinc, AntimonyProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
ValleyGold, Silver, SeleniumPast ProducerVein
ValleyGold, Silver, SeleniumOccurrenceVein
Weisman -Mc-GillisStone, DimensionProspectSandstone
WinnipegGold, Copper, IronProspectReplacement
Lambert CreekIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ferry County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pollard in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2012: 2 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
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPollard$10,000A strong thunderstorm knocked down a pine tree that fell on a home on Pete's Retreat Road by Curlew Lake. Another large tree was blown down in the area as well.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPollard-Torrential rain and pea size hail was also observed with the storm.

Every storm recorded in Ferry 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
Karamin3.3 miles15
Torboy3.3 miles14
Malo6.0 miles15
Republic6.7 miles14
Curlew11.4 miles15
Toroda15.7 miles12
West Fork19.2 miles10
Danville20.1 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 Q14713873The 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 1524558. 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.