BlockWaits, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Springdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99181. It lies near Wrights Valley. The Survey maps it on the Waitts Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1927 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Waitts Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Chewelah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Waits between 1992 and 2020, burning about 959 acres in total. 21 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 411 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BULL DOG |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WAITTS RESORT |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKOK HIGHWAY |
| 16 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 730 |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RED MARBLE AGAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Waits: 16 past producers, 13 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Copper, Silica, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B and B | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| B and B | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Dumbolton | Mercury, Tin, Gold | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Edna | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Edna King | Copper, Antimony, Gold, Silver | Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Kulzer | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Nanome Aggregates | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Copper | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Superior Copper | Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Waits Lake Granite | Feldspar | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Kulzer | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Carrs Corner | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Grays | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Chewelah | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Cline | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bluecreek | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Springdale | 9.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1534134. 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.