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Schwana, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mattawa-Royal City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99321. It stands on Lower Crab Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beverly quadrangle.

Schwana within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Schwana between 1999 and 2020, burning about 63,326 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution788 acresSpokane DistrictBEVERLY BURKE
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,262 acresColumbia National Wildlife RefugeLOWER CRAB CREEK
16 August 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresSpokane DistrictSENTINEL
9 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColumbia National Wildlife RefugeLK LANIECE
6 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined68 acresSpokane DistrictHWY 243
5 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.5 acresSpokane DistrictBEVERLY
24 July 2019Natural124 acresSpokane DistrictSADDLE MOUNTAIN
23 July 2019Natural2.4 acresSpokane DistrictWANAPUM DAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Schwana: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, 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
BeverlyPumicePast Producer
Cohasett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sentinel BluffPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Beverly1.0 miles16
Wanapum Village2.8 miles16
Mattawa6.1 miles12
Jericho7.2 miles16
Desert Aire10.0 miles12
Low Gap13.2 miles16
Smyrna14.0 miles12
Royal City16.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512646. 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.