Voltage, Washington

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.

• 1912 USGS Malaga quadrangle1:48000
• 1912 USGS Malaga quadrangle1:62500
• 1914 USGS Malaga quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1920 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000
• 1922 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
• 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1966 USGS Rock Island Dam quadrangle1:24000
• 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Voltage between 1999 and 2020, burning about 96,647 acres in total. 7 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Rock Island
• Appledale
• Brandts Landing
• Palisades
• Terrace Park

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Voltage: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Douglas County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511400. 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.