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West Spokane, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Spokane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99201. It lies near Peaceful Valley. The Survey maps it on the Spokane NW quadrangle.

West Spokane within Spokane County

On record in West Spokane

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 51 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of West Spokane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 40 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined88
Recreation and ceremony56
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Debris and open burning15
Fireworks14
Smoking13
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural8
Other causes5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEQUESTRIAN
9 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRACELAND
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters600
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined260 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEUCLID TRACKS
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersAUBREY L. WHITE
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGROVE SPOT
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersESMERALDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of West Spokane: 23 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Conner PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
McKinleySilicaProspect
Fivemile PrairieClayOccurrence
Pioneer Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Center and Perry St. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Geiger Field QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Havana and 10th QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Highland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Spokane0.9 miles18
Town and Country4.7 miles18
Hillyard4.9 miles19
Highland5.2 miles12
Geiger Heights5.3 miles17
Yardley5.8 miles19
Parkwater5.9 miles19
Hazelwood6.1 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.

Wikidata item Q122571722The 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 1512797. 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.