Teanaway, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cle Elum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98922. It stands on Thornton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Teanaway quadrangle. It stands 1,841 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1897 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1902 USGS Mt Stuart quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cle Elum quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Teanaway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Teanaway quadrangle1:24000
- 2003 USGS Teanaway quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Teanaway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,240 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BUFFALO SPRINGS |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HORSESHOE CANYON |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WENDY'S |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MORRISON CANYON |
| 8 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | SHARON OSBORN |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LANIGAN POWERLINE |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LOPING ROAD |
| 6 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Teanaway: 9 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cle Elum Sand and Gravel | Clay | Producer | ||
| Denny Assigned To Pittsburg | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Dubinsky Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ballard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cooper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ellensburg Cement Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Teanaway in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 1 flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Hail | Teanaway | - | Social Media video report. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Teanaway | - | Continuing from March 31, the river gage at Horlick crested at .5 feet above flood stage. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cle Elum | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| South Cle Elum | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Horlick | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Roslyn | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lauderdale Junction | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ronald | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Nelson | 10.4 miles | 16 |
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 Teanaway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7691699 | 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 1526962. 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.








