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Tiger, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99119. It stands on Diamond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ione quadrangle. It stands 2,087 feet above sea level.

Tiger within Pend Oreille County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Tiger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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 2008Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEYE OF THE TIGER
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestVACATION
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestNO VACATION
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestLABOR
20 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2011Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestWILE E COYOTE
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreColville National ForestLONG WALK IN
9 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRAHAM SLASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille 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 Tiger: 11 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Silica, Limestone, General. 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
EagleSilicaOccurrence
IoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Lost Creek AreaUraniumOccurrence
Ferguson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hiett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiger in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindTiger-Law Enforcement reported multiple trees and one power line down across highway 20 at mile post 390. Time was based off radar.

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Ione3.4 miles14
Lost Creek6.1 miles12
Diamond City8.1 miles12
Blueslide9.9 miles12
Metaline11.0 miles13
Metaline Falls12.0 miles13
Pend Oreille Village12.4 miles13
Ruby13.0 miles12

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 TigerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7801343The 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 1528417. 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.