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South Cheney, Washington

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Amber-Cheney South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99004. The Survey maps it on the Cheney quadrangle.

South Cheney within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of South Cheney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 909 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 16 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
Natural36
Recreation and ceremony32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism16
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 1995Natural3.0 acresTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeCROSS
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeRUPP
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeCURTIS RD.
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCURTIS ROAD
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeNORTH BOUNDARY
4 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of South Cheney: 10 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Cheney QuarryStoneProducer
Fish LakeSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Fish LakeUraniumOccurrence
CheneyFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
WellsandtFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Brown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cheney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cramer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redmon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Cheney in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSouth Cheney4 hurt, $4,000,000A wet microburst brought sustained winds of 35 to 50 mph with gusts 60 to 70 mph across Spokane County. The winds descended near Cheney and peaked while passing through Airway Heights, Northwestern Spokane, and Deer Park. Hundreds of Ponderosa Pines were snapped and downed from Northwestern Spokane to Deer Park. Downed trees led to widespread structural damage, blocked roads, power outages, and injuries. Significant damage was observed at the Riverside Village Mobile Home Park from trees falling on mobile homes prompting a search and rescue. One woman was trapped but was not injured. At least 40 mobile homes and cars in the park were severely damaged. Forty eight trees were knocked down at a resort on Lake Eloika. Trees fell on six RVs and the resort's oldest cabin forcing the owners to close their doors for a short period of time. One person was injured when a tree landed on his vehicle while driving along Lakeside Dr near Reflection Lake in Elk, WA. A tree branch flew through his windshield and drove him off the road severing his arm and impaling his hip. He eventually lost his arm in the accident. Three other people were injured near the Spokane Courthouse by falling tree branches. Over 30,000 people lost power during the event. Because of the extent of damage, some residents and businesses remained in the dark for up to four days. Downed power poles and lightning strikes sparked several new wildfires which quickly grew due to the strong winds. The winds completely damaged a airport hanger and caused between ten to twelve thousand dollars worth of damage to planes.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Cheney$10,000A utility company reported approximately 45,000 customers without power, mainly in the Cheney and southwest Spokane area, due to branches falling on the power lines.

Every storm 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
Cheney1.5 miles9
East Cheney4.3 miles9
Babb4.3 miles8
Geib5.0 miles8
Mock6.1 miles8
Four Lakes6.7 miles11
Dynamite7.0 miles11
Silver Lake7.1 miles13

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 Q122573211The 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 1511556. 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.