Spirit, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Kettle Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99114. It stands on South Fork Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spirit quadrangle.

Spirit within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1929 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1933 USGS Colville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1952 USGS Spirit quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Colville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Spirit quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Spirit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,105 acres in total. 40 started naturally. None was 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
Natural	40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Debris and open burning	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Other causes	2

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 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	ALADDINS LAMP
9 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	HARRIER HIDEOUT
9 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LIME CREEK RIDGE
20 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Colville National Forest	THE SMACKOUT FIRE
19 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Colville National Forest	BAT 11
17 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
15 September 1992	Other causes	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Spirit: 27 occurrences, 13 past producers, 12 prospects, 6 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Advance, Hc	Zinc, Silver, Nickel, Lead	Plant
Bechtol	Lead, Silver, Iron	Occurrence
Bechtol Claim.Also Known As W.J.	Silver, Lead, Iron	Prospect
Bergland Claims	Tungsten, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Black Canyon	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Copper King	Iron, Lead, Zinc, Gold	Occurrence
Copper King	Lead, Gold, Iron, Zinc	Prospect
Deep Creek Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer	1914, 1944
Dosser-Maki-Lotze Prospect	Iron, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	1952
Farmer	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Germanium, Gallium	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Stevens 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Goldfield Mill	3.9 miles	15
Leadpoint	6.4 miles	13
Aladdin	7.1 miles	14
Onion Creek	9.1 miles	12
Northport	9.2 miles	13
Little Dalles (historical)	11.7 miles	12
Marble	13.4 miles	11
Velvet	14.3 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1526375. 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.