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Winton, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Leavenworth-Lake Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98826. The Survey maps it on the Winton quadrangle. It stands 2,077 feet above sea level.

Winton within Chelan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Winton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,206 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony25
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 2012Natural23 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestSUNITSCH
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOLTER
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestNATAPOC RIDGE
5 September 2001Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBUTCHER CREEK
4 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCHIWAUKUM
3 September 2009Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestPONDO
28 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Winton: 13 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Asbestos. 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
Nason RidgeAsbestosOccurrence
Tumwater CanyonMagnesiteOccurrence
CadmanSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
ChristensonSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Coles Corner1.4 miles17
Chiwaukum3.1 miles17
Nason Creek3.6 miles17
Plain4.8 miles17
Merritt6.3 miles17
Chumstick6.3 miles17
Telma8.4 miles17
Leavenworth10.5 miles19

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 WintonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8026608The 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 1528263. 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.