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Trentwood, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99216. The Survey maps it on the Greenacres quadrangle. 4,388 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 2,028 feet above sea level.

Trentwood within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Trentwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 21 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
Recreation and ceremony83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural14
Fireworks10
Smoking6
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVALLEY MAZE
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarism14 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2014Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSALTESE
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT PURSUIT
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1993Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIRABEAU RIVER
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Trentwood: 22 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Silica. 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
DishmanSilicaOccurrence
Empire Granite QuarryGranite, Silica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shelley LakeClayPast Producer
Bigelow GulchFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
FitzgeraldFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
SkattumFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trentwood in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 debris flow. 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 2017Debris FlowTrentwood$25,000A slow moving mud slide occurred at the base of a hill at the end of the 12700 block of East Sanson Avenue. The slide destroyed one outbuilding and flooded the basement of a home.

Every storm 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
Velox1.4 miles18
Irwin1.8 miles18
Spokane Valley2.2 miles18
Austin2.6 miles18
Alpha (historical)2.7 miles18
Veradale2.8 miles18
Hutton Settlement2.9 miles19
Vera3.1 miles18

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 TrentwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1503104The 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 1512737. 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.