Wauconda, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98859. It stands on Toroda Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Annie quadrangle. It stands 3,576 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Osoyoos quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Osoyoos quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Aeneas Valley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Mt Annie quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Mount Annie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Wauconda between 1993 and 2020, burning about 516 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | FIR |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE BONAPARTE |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WAUCONDA TWENTY |
| 1 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ONE MOCCASIN |
| 30 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DIAMOND BELL |
| 3 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | RAINEY FIR |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BONA FIDE |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Wauconda: 10 unknowns, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaparte Meadows | Peat | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Moore | Manganese | Past Producer | 1936 | |
| Moore | Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Wauconda Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Wauconda | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Wauconda Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Dept of Highways | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Thomason Limestone Deposits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Basalt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wauconda | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wauconda in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wauconda | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down hundreds of trees from the Sweat Creek area to the Trout Creek area. Approximately 40 trees were blown down onto Highway 20 in the Sweat Creek area forcing the closure of the highway for several hours. |
| April 2014 | Debris Flow | Wauconda | $1,000 | A boulder temporarily blocked one lane of state Highway 155 near Disautel Pass during the morning hours according to an online article in the Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle. |
| August 1998 | Heavy Rain | Wauconda | - | A half of rain in 30 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauconda Summit | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Old Wauconda | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Old Toroda | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bodie | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Havillah | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Aeneas | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| Chesaw | 15.3 miles | 12 | |
| Anglin | 15.4 miles | 12 |
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 Wauconda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6166573 | 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 1527856. 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.







