Rahm, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99012. The Survey maps it on the Latah quadrangle.

Rahm within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1903 USGS Oakesdale quadrangle1:125000
1905 USGS Oakesdale quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Latah quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Rosalia quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Rahm between 2001 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
15 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	7.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
30 August 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
16 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	140 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
13 July 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
30 June 2004	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	TEKOA TORCH
21 April 2015	Debris and open burning	5.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BIBBIE
5 March 2020	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources	BIBBIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rahm: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Granite, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Fairfield Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Pottratz Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Fairfield	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Occurrence
Latah	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Fieser Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Latah Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Latah	2.8 miles	12
Waverly	3.2 miles	12
West Fairfield	4.3 miles	12
Fairfield	4.5 miles	12
Stringtown	6.0 miles	12
Spring Valley	6.5 miles	11
Wallner	7.2 miles	12
Darknell	7.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1513189. 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.