Wenatchee Heights, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Malaga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98801. The Survey maps it on the Wenatchee Heights quadrangle. It stands 2,290 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1913 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Wenatchee Heights quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Wenatchee Heights quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Wenatchee Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 260 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HEIGHT FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WHEELER 2 |
| 3 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LILY LAKE |
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BIG SPRINGS |
| 19 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LILY LAKE 2 |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ORR CREEK MEADOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Wenatchee Heights: 18 occurrences, 18 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silica, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Cannon Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic | Producer | Acanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Lovitt | Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic, Lead | Past Producer | 1885, 1894 | |
| Sampson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Squaw Saddle | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Upper Stemilt Creek Clay Deposit | Aluminum, Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Dry Gulch | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| N.W.L. Brown | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Rooster Comb | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Squaw Saddle No. 1 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appleyard | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Wenatchee | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Malaga | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Wenatchee | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Olds | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyslope | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Monitor | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cashmere | 14.8 miles | 13 |
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 Wenatchee Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22083229 | 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 1527899. 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.







