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Ainsworth Junction, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99301. It lies near Indian Island. The Survey maps it on the Pasco quadrangle.

Ainsworth Junction within Franklin County

On record in Ainsworth Junction

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Ainsworth Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1994Debris and open burning4.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeCASEY POND
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife Refuge2ND ST.
19 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugePENINSULA
17 September 2000Recreation and ceremony100 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugePENINSULA
7 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHUMORIST RD
6 August 2017Natural13 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeWALLULA LAKE
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeFLAT TOP
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeLIGHTHUMOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Ainsworth Junction: 12 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
D.O.E. Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Humorist PitStonePast Producer
Cherry Lane QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Finley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pasco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Putnam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sanders and Young PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Canyon Hazardous Waste SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Pasco3.9 miles12
Martindale4.6 miles12
Pasco West5.8 miles12
Riverview7.5 miles12
West Pasco8.1 miles12
Glade9.5 miles11
Levey11.2 miles11
Sagemoor13.1 miles10

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 Q122562470The 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 1530785. 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.