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Wellpinit, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99040. The Survey maps it on the Wellpinit quadrangle. It stands 2,411 feet above sea level.

Wellpinit within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

377 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 377 fires within 5 miles of Wellpinit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,136 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 51 were 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 burning115
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Natural51
Arson/incendiarism51
Equipment and vehicle use28
Recreation and ceremony26
Fireworks20
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6

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 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreSpokane Agencynot named
9 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSpokane Agencynot named
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSpokane AgencySTRAWBERRY
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSpokane AgencyLEFTOVER
8 September 2002Smokingunder an acreSpokane AgencyUNLUCKY DG
8 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreSpokane Agencynot named
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSpokane AgencyMOTOR POOL
7 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSpokane AgencyGROUNDS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wellpinit: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Silica, Manganese. 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
Big SmokeSilicaUnknown
Turtle LakeManganeseProspect1956
Big Smoke-Northwest-LowleyUraniumOccurrence
Big Smoke-Northwest-LowleyUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellpinit in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire. 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
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWellpinit$50,000A strong gust front associated with a thunderstorm squall resulted in numerous trees and power lines downed throughout the county. Over 400 power outages were reported within the communities of Ford, Fruitland, Clayton, and Colville. The Midnite Mine RAWS located six miles northwest of Wellpinit clocked a wind gust of 57 mph. A DOT sensor located one mile west of Suncrest clocked a wind gust of 55 mph. Both sensors experience some degree of sheltering. One tree did fall on a house but the exact location is unknown.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWellpinit$1,000Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph crossed into southern Stevens County resulting in isolated downed trees and power outages. The storm weakened while crossing into central sections of the county.
September 1999WildfireWellpinit-A wildfire engulfed 3000 acres before being contained on the Spokane Indian Reservation. The strong winds during the day helped spread the fire.

Every storm recorded in Stevens 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
Ford9.8 miles10
Deer Trail11.7 miles10
Camas12.5 miles10
Turk13.2 miles10
Enterprise15.0 miles10
Tumtum16.2 miles8
Fruitland16.9 miles10
Cline17.4 miles10

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 WellpinitAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7981602The 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 1512786. 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.