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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.

Wenatchee Heights within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

70 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHEIGHT FIRE
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWHEELER 2
3 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLILY LAKE
25 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBIG SPRINGS
19 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLILY LAKE 2
13 September 1996Natural3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersORR CREEK MEADOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Cannon MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProducerAcanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
LovittGold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer1885, 1894
Sampson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Squaw SaddleMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Upper Stemilt Creek Clay DepositAluminum, BentoniteOccurrence
Dry GulchPerliteOccurrence
N.W.L. BrownClayProspect
Rooster CombPerliteOccurrence
Squaw Saddle No. 1Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Chelan 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
Appleyard2.7 miles16
Wenatchee4.6 miles16
Malaga4.6 miles13
West Wenatchee6.8 miles16
Olds7.5 miles16
Sunnyslope8.2 miles16
Monitor11.2 miles14
Cashmere14.8 miles13

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 HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22083229The 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.