Seven Mile, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99026. The Survey maps it on the Airway Heights quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Medical Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Airway Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Medical Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Airway Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Airway Heights quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Airway Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
299 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Seven Mile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,650 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined | 65 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EQUESTRIAN |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 600 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 260 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EUCLID TRACKS |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PHEASANT WAY |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | AUBREY L. WHITE |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OLD LYONS |
| 5 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE SPOKANE |
| 5 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE VISTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Seven Mile: 13 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartford | Manganese | Occurrence | 1943 | |
| Fivemile Prairie | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Little Spokane River Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| McKinley | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Burlington Northern Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Highland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Highland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seven Mile in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2017: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flood | Seven Mile | $5,000 | The USGS Spokane River Gage at Spokane recorded the Spokane River continuing to achieve Minor Flood level through the first few days of April. The river receded to below the Flood Stage of 27.0 feet at 5:15 PM PST on April 3rd. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Seven Mile | - | An NWS Employee reported water and debris flowing across highway 291 between West Francis Avenue and Weest Rifle Club Road up in the northwest portion of Spokane, WA. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Mile Falls | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Highland | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Town and Country | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Fairwood | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lyons | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Country Homes | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dartford | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| West Spokane | 6.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511304. 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.








