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Scribner, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99004. It stands on Minnie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Four Lakes quadrangle.

Scribner within Spokane County

On record in Scribner

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

301 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Scribner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,360 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Debris and open burning51
Recreation and ceremony46
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Other causes10
Arson/incendiarism9
Fireworks9
Smoking8

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 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRACELAND
9 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAST 902
6 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGROVE SPOT
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT CARMEL
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCURTIS ROAD
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSPOTTED STRIKEOUT
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVIEWMONT STRIKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Scribner: 29 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Slate, Dimension. 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
Conner PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Fish LakeGemstoneOccurrence
Fish LakeSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Fish LakeUraniumOccurrence
Fish Lake PegmatiteFeldsparOccurrence
Jordan RanchGalliumOccurrence
Geiger Field QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Marshall0.6 miles17
Geiger Heights2.6 miles17
Hayford4.8 miles11
Dynamite4.9 miles11
Four Lakes4.9 miles11
Cheney6.1 miles9
Hazelwood6.5 miles12
South Cheney7.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511299. 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.