Alderdale, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Horse Heaven Hills Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99322. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Golgotha Butte quadrangle. It stands 299 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Blalock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Blalock Island quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Alderdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Alderdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Hermiston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Golgotha Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Alderdale between 1992 and 2017, burning about 3,789 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 600 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | CROWBUTTE |
| 6 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1,141 acres | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | BOARDMAN |
| 4 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 41 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | CROWBUTTE |
| 26 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 650 acres | Spokane District | SOUTH PINE |
| 22 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | MP151 |
| 22 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | SR14MP155 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Alderdale: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artesian Coulee Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Riprap Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Three- Mile Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Six-Mile Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Six-Mile Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Six-Mile Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Six-Mile Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alderdale Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Reils Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riprap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alderdale in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Hail | Alderdale | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Alderdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27995356 | The 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 1510774. 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.







