Tweedie, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99156. It lies near Spring Valley. The Survey maps it on the Tweedie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1936 USGS Newport quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Newport quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Newport quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tweedie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Tweedie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 800 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 6 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 | 36 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 684 acres | Pend Oreille Area Office | HUNTER 2 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPRING VALLEY |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JEFFERSON |
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOWER TOWER |
| 16 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPRING VALLEY |
| 15 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SCOTIA AGAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Tweedie: 5 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Mount Pisgah | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Gravel 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
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tweedie in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flood | Tweedie | - | Numerous roads across Pend Oreille County experienced washouts, floods, or minor damage due to flooding from March 29th-31st. These roads included Deeter (8 NW Newport), Westside Calispell (3 SW Cusick), Rocky Gorge (9 SW Cusick), Rockwood (1 N Diamond Lake), West Telephone (2 SW Diamond Lake), and McCloud (5 SW Bead Lake). |
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 Q122552534 | 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 1511382. 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.






