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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.

Wauconda within Okanogan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

57 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural32
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2000Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestFIR
4 September 2013Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE BONAPARTE
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWAUCONDA TWENTY
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersONE MOCCASIN
30 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDIAMOND BELL
3 August 2004Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestRAINEY FIR
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBONA FIDE
3 August 1994Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonaparte MeadowsPeatOccurrenceSedimentary
MooreManganesePast Producer1936
MooreGarnetOccurrence
Wauconda QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
WaucondaGoldUnknown
Wauconda MineGoldProspectVein
Dept of HighwaysStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thomason Limestone DepositsStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed BasaltStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
WaucondaStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Okanogan County

Storms near this place

3 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWauconda$5,000Thunderstorm 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 2014Debris FlowWauconda$1,000A 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 1998Heavy RainWauconda-A half of rain in 30 minutes.

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
Wauconda Summit3.2 miles16
Old Wauconda3.3 miles16
Old Toroda6.5 miles12
Bodie9.6 miles12
Havillah12.3 miles12
Aeneas12.4 miles14
Chesaw15.3 miles12
Anglin15.4 miles12

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 WaucondaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6166573The 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.