BlockAppledale, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Waterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98845. It lies near Sutherland Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Appledale quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Appledale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Moses Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Appledale between 1994 and 2020, burning about 47,770 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 300 acres | Spokane District | FRNCIS CYN |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | 8,450 acres | Spokane District | QUINCY |
| 3 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Spokane District | PALISADES |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 37,267 acres | Spokane District | SUTHERLAND CANYON |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 300 acres | Spokane District | FRANCIS CANYON |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 10 acres | Spokane District | FRANCIS CANYON 2 |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 1,400 acres | Spokane District | STRAIGHT HOLLOW |
| 26 June 1994 | Natural | 20 acres | Spokane District | CHIEF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palisades | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Voltage | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Island | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Alstown | 14.3 miles | 6 | |
| Sunny Hill | 15.3 miles | 16 | |
| Terrace Park | 15.4 miles | 16 | |
| Broadway | 15.6 miles | 16 | |
| East Wenatchee Bench | 17.0 miles | 16 |
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 Q27988881 | 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 1510783. 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.