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Usk, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99180. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cusick quadrangle. It stands 2,054 feet above sea level.

Usk within Pend Oreille County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Usk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 2 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 burning23
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKalispel TribeNORTH LECLERC
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROBIN
22 September 2008Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLACKBERRY
22 September 2002Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROBIN ROAD
20 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Usk: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Barium-Barite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AckerlundCopper, Silver, ZincProspect
BobcatBarium-BaritePast Producer
Ps-Po-63Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
RainbowCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Usk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Usk in 1 storm report in 2009: 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
September 2009Thunderstorm WindUsk-Several trees were uprooted in the area.

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
Cusick1.9 miles15
Calispell2.3 miles15
Delkena5.1 miles11
Dalkena5.2 miles11
Furport7.4 miles11
Locke8.0 miles13
Deer Valley9.2 miles13
Wolfred9.7 miles11

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 UskAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7902002The 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 1527654. 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.