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Shrine Beach, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Chelan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98816. It stands on Stink Creek. The Survey maps it on the Manson quadrangle.

Shrine Beach within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Shrine Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,926 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 7 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
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks5
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2012Natural1,402 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestFIRST CREEK
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSLIDE PEAK
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictGRANITE
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestANTILON CREEK
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersANTILON CREEK
4 September 1995Natural150 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestPOT PEAK
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestPOT PEAK
8 August 1999Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBACKSIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Shrine Beach: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium. 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
First CreekTitanium, IronOccurrence
MansonGranitePast Producer
Twentyfive Mile CreekKyaniteOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wapato LakeLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Fields Point DevelopmentStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Florabelle MineFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Slide AreaFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
South ShoreStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Antilon CreekPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Chelan 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
Hollywood Beach0.5 miles13
Greens Landing1.2 miles13
Granite Falls2.1 miles13
Manson3.7 miles13
Sunnybank5.3 miles14
Lake Chelan Hills9.1 miles14
Maplecreek9.9 miles14
Lakeside10.3 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122567119The 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 1525717. 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.