BlockSuncrest, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Loon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99026. It lies near Barney Kolker Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Nine Mile Falls quadrangle. 5,413 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,752 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1944 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Nine Mile Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
325 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Suncrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,566 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Fireworks | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Other causes | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH SWENSON |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILE 19 SPOT |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PHEASANT WAY |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LUPIN LANE |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PINE BLUFF |
| 5 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CRAIG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Suncrest: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Spokane River Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Stevens County Rd Dept | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Lunnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nine Mile Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Suncrest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7639087 | The 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 2807191. 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.