BlockToroda, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Curlew census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99118. It stands on Tenas Mary Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toroda quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1904 USGS Republic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Bodie Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bodie Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Republic quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Toroda quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Toroda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Toroda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 85 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 | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | 231 |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | BAMBER MOUNTAIN |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TONATA HIKE |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | HIKING VULCAN |
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CATHERINE CREEK |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | VULCAN FACE |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Colville National Forest | CATHERINE CREEK |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREAT ANFAIR |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Toroda: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comstock | Copper, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Specularite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Croswell | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toroda in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 6 flood. 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 2018 | Flood | Toroda | $3,000,000 | The USGS River Gage on the Kettle River near Ferry recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 18.5 feet at 6:00 AM PST on May 5th. The river continued to rise and passed through the Moderate Flood Stage of 19.5 feet at 11:30 AM on May 7th, and through the Major Flood Stage of 20.5 feet at 6:00 PM PST on May 9th. The river crested at a new record flood level of 22.5 feet at 6:15 PM on May 10th. This level broke the previous record level of 21.2 feet set in 1948. The river then receded, passing down through the Major Flood Stage on May 11th, and below the Moderate Flood Stage on May 19th. The river finally receded below the Flood Stage at 1:30 AM PST on May 20th. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Toroda | $5,000 | The Kettle River Gage near Ferry recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 18.5 feet at 6:45 PM PST on May 5th, passed through the Major Flood Stage of 20.5 feet and crested at 20.7 feet at 10:15 PM on May 6th. The river dropped back below Flood Stage at 11:15 PM on May 7th. The river rose above flood stage again later in the month. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Toroda | $5,000 | The Kettle River flooded with water washing out portions of Customs Road near the Canadian Border. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Toroda | $2,000 | The Kettle River Gage at Ferry recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 18.5 feet at 5:15 PM PST on June 1st. The river crested at 19.0 feet at 7:00 PM June 2nd then dropped back below Flood Stage at 1:45 AM on June 3rd. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Toroda | $1,000 | The Kettle River Gage at Ferry recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 18.5 feet at 12:15 PM PST on May 23rd. The river rose above Moderate Flood Stage and crested at at 19.6 feet at 8:00 PM May 24th then dropped back below Flood Stage at 8:15 AM on May 25th. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Toroda | - | no account filed |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562508 | 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 1527314. 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.