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Snoqualmie Falls, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Snoqualmie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98065. It stands on Brockway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snoqualmie quadrangle.

Snoqualmie Falls within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 18 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Snoqualmie Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRAGING RIVER
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMCLEOD
13 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 August 2017Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTORMWATER POND
5 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE ERNIE
5 July 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMICKEY MOUSE
4 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWINERY
4 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SI FIREWORKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Snoqualmie Falls: 13 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Gold. 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
AnnieCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
LetaGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Camp Brown QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Mainline 100 PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
ClevelandCopper, GoldUnknown
Legal TenderGold, CopperUnknown
Fall City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Raging River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stoen North Bend QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in King County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snoqualmie Falls in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2011: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2006FloodSnoqualmie Falls$11,100,000Record flooding occurred on the Cowlitz, Nooksack, Puyallup, Nisqually, |Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Carbon, Snoqualmie, and Bogachiel. Major flooding occurred on the Tolt, Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, and White rivers. Other rivers flooding were the Satsop, Cedar, Wynoochee, Elwha, Deschutes, Dungeness, Skookumchuck, and Chehalis.
January 2011FloodSnoqualmie Falls$20,000The Snoqualmie Falls golf course in Fall City and parts of Highway 202 were flooded after the Snoqualmie river near Carnation reached major flood stage.

Every storm recorded in King 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
Snoqualmie1.1 miles18
Tokul1.7 miles18
Ellisville3.0 miles18
Spring Glen3.1 miles18
North Bend3.3 miles14
Ernies Grove3.4 miles16
Harman Heights4.5 miles14
Fall City4.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1526016. 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.