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Spring Valley, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99170. The Survey maps it on the Spring Valley quadrangle.

Spring Valley within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,572 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2005Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROSALIA
2 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use35 acresTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeFISH LAKE
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBASALT
21 July 2003Smoking1,080 acresTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeWATT ROAD
17 July 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNORTH PINE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dorsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Pine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peterschick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peterschick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rosalia Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spring Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
North Pine4.3 miles11
Waverly5.6 miles12
Plaza6.1 miles11
Rahm6.5 miles12
Latah6.9 miles12
West Fairfield7.4 miles12
Freedom8.7 miles11
Fairfield9.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511331. 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.