Winesap, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Entiat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98816. It lies near Oklahoma Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Winesap quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Winesap quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Chelan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Winesap quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Winesap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,627 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | UPPER CRUM CANYON |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 14,164 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BYRD |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 50 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | NAVARRE COULEE 2 |
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | CRUM CANYON |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | JOHNSON CREEK |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Winesap: 10 occurrences, 7 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, Feldspar, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crum Canyon | Perlite | Prospect | ||
| Dick | Nickel, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Dick | Cobalt, Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | 1898 | |
| Dick | Nickel, Copper, Cobalt | Unknown | ||
| Dick Nickel Property | Pumice, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Hilltop No 1 and 2 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Lovitt Mine | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Rex | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Pyrite | |
| Rex | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Strack Tungsten | Tungsten | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winesap in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 debris flow. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Debris Flow | Winesap | $1,000 | Rock slide along the East shore closed US 97A near milepost 220. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maplecreek | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Entiat | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Stayman | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Entiat (historical) | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnybank | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Farris | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Manson | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Granite Falls | 9.0 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 Winesap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27995418 | 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 1528244. 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.




