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West Fairfield, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99012. The Survey maps it on the Latah quadrangle.

West Fairfield within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of West Fairfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 729 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane County Fire DistrictsSPANGLE CHAFF
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 August 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 August 2003Recreation and ceremony6.6 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 August 1992Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of West Fairfield: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Clay. 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
FairfieldFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Fairfield QuarryGranitePast Producer
Pottratz PitClayPast Producer
Fieser PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Saline PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Fairfield in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 flood. 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
February 2025FloodWest Fairfield-Theil Park was reportedly flooded.

Every storm recorded in Spokane 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
Waverly2.0 miles12
Fairfield2.8 miles12
Rahm4.3 miles12
Darknell4.9 miles12
Mount Hope5.4 miles12
Latah7.1 miles12
Rockford7.4 miles12
Spring Valley7.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511418. 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.