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Garfield County, Washington

50 topographic sheets cover 17 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Washington within the United States
Garfield County within Washington

What the record shows

  • 197 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 1 district, 1 building and 1 site.
  • 2 of the 3 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 17 populated places in this county; 17 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

3

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Downtown Pomeroy Historic Districtdistrict200303000811
Garfield County Courthousebuilding197474001951
Lewis and Clark Trail-Travois Roadsite197474001952

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

210 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 210 of them, burning about 19,176 acres. 151 started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Natural151
Recreation and ceremony36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined11,453 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeSNAKE RIVER FIRE
28 August 2011Natural4,002 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeBELL PLAIN COMPLEX
15 July 2017Natural3,100 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeSNAKE RIVER
27 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined178 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeHILL FIRE COMPLEX
25 August 2011Natural60 acresUmatilla National ForestBEAR WALLOW
12 September 1996Natural60 acresUmatilla National ForestSNOW
17 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined52 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDRY GULCH
22 July 2000Natural40 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1976 to 2025

25 of 25 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 25 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $35,300 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail12
Thunderstorm Wind10
Flash Flood2
Flood1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2000Thunderstorm WindPomeroy$15,000Semi truck blown off the road
July 2014HailPomeroy$5,000Hail ranging from quarters to the size of golf balls fell across northern Garfield County impacting the communities of Pomeroy and Mayview. The hail dented three cars and broke sky lights in a metal building at Dye Seed Ranch. Hail also damaged some of the wheat crop.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindPeola$5,000no account filed
November 2010Thunderstorm WindPeola$5,000no account filed
June 1999HailDodge$5,000no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindPataha City$300Large branches of trees were down.
February 2025FloodPeyton-Minor flooding of the Central Ferry RV Park around 1500PST. No damage to equipment or trailers. Locals stated this is a 25-year flood on the Deadman.
August 2022Flash FloodPataha City-Mud and debris over highway 12 from heavy rain from a thunderstorm. One lane closed and police had to help direct traffic.
June 2021HailPomeroy-Numerous reports of hail, from 1 to 1.25 inches, fell in Pomeroy as two strong thunderstorm cells moved across northern Garfield.
August 2019HailPomeroy-A member of the public reported hail with a diameter of 1 inch from a thunderstorms near Pomeroy.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPeola-The Alder Ridge remote weather observing station reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 66 mph.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindPeola-The Alder Ridge, Washington Remote Automatic Weather Station (RAWS) measured a 65 mph wind gust.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAlpowa-The Alpowa Summit observation platform located along Highway 12 at 1775 feet clocked sustained winds of 48 mph with gusts to 60 mph.
September 2013HailRose Spgs-Hail was mostly half an inch in diameter, but there were some hail stones up to 1.5 inches in diameter. Time of the event was estimated by radar.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPomeroy-70 mph gust
May 1997HailPomeroy-2 inch diameter hail
July 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated-Unofficial wind gusts up to 77 mph where reported by a homeowner before the roof of the house blew off. Crop damage due to wind, rain and hail accompanying the storm.
July 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated-Flood and wind damage to crops. Almost one half of the counties farmland was affected.
June 2012HailPeyton-no account filed
July 2012HailColumbia Center-no account filed
July 2012HailColumbia Center-no account filed
May 2008Flash FloodAlpowa-no account filed
June 2006HailPomeroy-no account filed
September 1982Hailnot stated-no account filed
August 1976Hailnot stated-no account filed

Mines and quarries

27 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 27 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken15
Sand and Gravel, Construction10
Gold1
Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Platinum, Iron1
Stone1
Pumice1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
GarfieldPumiceOccurrence
Osga Ii Extension PitStonePast Producer
PomeroyGold, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Platinum, IronOccurrenceStream Placer
Bartlow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cyrus PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oliphant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trosper Transit Mix ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alpowa Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bratlow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Keatts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Keatts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Knettle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oliphant QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pomeroy QuarryyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

17

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Garfield County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.