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Wolfred, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99156. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Diamond Lake quadrangle.

Wolfred within Pend Oreille County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Wolfred between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined28
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony26
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Other causes5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKENT CREEK
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville National ForestPIONEER PARK CAMPGROUND
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEETER
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEETER CROSSING
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColville National ForestBEAD LOG
3 September 2002Smokingunder an acreColville National ForestNO NAME #10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pend Oreille County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Wolfred: 20 past producers, 17 occurrences, 14 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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
Bead LakeLead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Bead Lake PropertyCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, IronOccurrenceReplacement
CampbellCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Campbell ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrence
ComstockLead, Silver, Copper, ZincOccurrence
Comstock MineLead, Silver, Copper, ZincProducerReplacement
Fair Hope ProspectCopper, IronOccurrenceChalcopyrite
General McarthurLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Gold Coin - Hardtack ProspectSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Grandview GroupLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pend Oreille County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolfred in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2012: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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
September 2011Flash FloodWolfred$5,000Heavy rain washed out a section of a dirt road approximately three-quarters of a mile north of Newport on the west side of the Pend Oreille River. Recent road work by the planned utility development installing a fiber-optic cable along this section of the roadway likely made the hillside more susceptible to the washout. Property damage was estimated.
June 2011Heavy RainWolfred$500A thunderstorm produced heavy rain that resulted in water gushing down a sloped gravel driveway. Minor sections of the driveway were damaged. Pea sized hail was also reported with the thunderstorm.
June 2012HailWolfred-Spotter reported a quarter inch of rainfall in thirty minutes.
June 2008HailWolfred-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pend Oreille 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
Furport2.3 miles11
Penrith5.5 miles13
Dalkena5.5 miles11
Delkena5.6 miles11
Newport5.9 miles13
Diamond Lake7.9 miles13
Scotia8.3 miles13
Deer Valley9.2 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.

Wikidata item Q122596689The 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 1534118. 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.