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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Cusick quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Cusick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 23 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | under an acre | Kalispel Tribe | NORTH LECLERC |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROBIN |
| 22 September 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLACKBERRY |
| 22 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROBIN ROAD |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerlund | Copper, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Bobcat | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Ps-Po-63 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rainbow | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Usk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Usk | - | Several trees were uprooted in the area. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Usk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7902002 | 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 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.







