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Rodna, Washington

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Amber-Cheney South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99004. The Survey maps it on the Fishtrap Lake quadrangle. It stands 2,100 feet above sea level.

Rodna within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

47 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Rodna between 1995 and 2020, burning about 16,224 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Firearms and explosives use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2013Natural11 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSCROGGIE STRIKE
7 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresSpokane DistrictSQUARE BUTTE
6 September 1995Natural2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictFISH RESORT
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMARTIN
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,783 acresSpokane DistrictWILLIAMS LAKE RD
1 September 2012Firearms and explosives use358 acresSpokane DistrictMILLER HOMESTEAD
5 August 1998Arson/incendiarism828 acresSpokane DistrictSCROGGIE R

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rodna: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Miller QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sprague PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rodna in 1 storm report in 2005: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRodna-no account filed

Every storm 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
Amber6.1 miles8
Tyler9.7 miles7
Mock10.6 miles8
Geib12.1 miles8
Babb13.5 miles8
South Cheney16.7 miles9
Cheney17.8 miles9
East Cheney18.0 miles9

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 RodnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27995406The 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 1511267. 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.