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Wakefield, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Brewster-Wakefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98812. The Survey maps it on the Monse quadrangle.

Wakefield within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Wakefield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,633 acres in total. 20 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
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCHILLY SPOT
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersNORTHSTAR
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresOkanogan County Fire DistrictsMONSE
19 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresColville AgencyDOWN POWER
12 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution87 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBREWSTER FLAT
10 September 2001Smoking25 acresColville AgencyMP271.5
1 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColville AgencyOKANOGAN RIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okanogan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Wakefield: 8 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Copper, Salt. 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
BrewsterPumiceUnknown
MalottMolybdenum, Copper, Zinc, NickelOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
MalottQuartzOccurrenceQuartz
MalottCopper, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silica, ZincUnknown
Malott ProspectCopper, Zinc, Molybdenum, NickelProspectChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
RustlerGold, MolybdenumUnknown
Rustler ProspectGold, MolybdenumOccurrence
B J LakeSaltOccurrence
Salt LakeSaltOccurrence
B. J. LakeBromineOccurrence

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wakefield in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodWakefield-Okanogan County Public Works reported a flash flood which caused damage to Davis Canyon Road.

Every storm recorded in Okanogan 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
Ophir0.6 miles12
Monse4.6 miles12
Thompson (historical)4.8 miles12
Malott5.5 miles12
Olema7.6 miles12
Chillowist8.0 miles12
Brewster8.2 miles12
Virginia City (historical)8.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1527760. 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.