BlockFrom the record
One of 159 National Register listings published here for Spokane County · listed in 1982 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
American Firebrick Company
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- Address. WA 27, Mica, 99023
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. district
- Census division. Spokane
- National Register reference number. 82004289 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of American Firebrick Company between 1992 and 2020, burning about 426 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LINKE |
| 6 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAMPBELL STRIKE |
| 5 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of American Firebrick Company: 14 past producers, 11 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Pegmatite | Feldspar | Occurrence | ||
| Excelsior | Titanium, Clay | Prospect | ||
| Excelsior Clay Deposit | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Clay, Ilmenite | |
| Freeman-Mica Area | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Mica Area | Aluminum, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Sumers Clay Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Tower Mountain | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Conrad Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | California Ranch | 0.7 miles | 1980 |
 | Opportunity Township Hall | 6.9 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82004289 in Record Group 79. |
| Spokane County | All 159 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.