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Artesian, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Northeast Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98936. It lies near Washout Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Elephant Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Artesian within Yakima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Artesian between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,876 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 2006Natural2,165 acresSpokane DistrictKONNOWAC PASS
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,083 acresSpokane DistrictKONNOWAC
6 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,483 acresSpokane DistrictRATTLESNAKE HILLS
4 July 1992Fireworks125 acresSpokane DistrictELEPHANT
25 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIDGE ROAD
15 June 2011Debris and open burning1,070 acresSpokane DistrictPLATH ROAD
15 June 1996Equipment and vehicle use5,830 acresSpokane DistrictELEPHANT 2
15 June 1996Debris and open burning2,115 acresSpokane DistrictELEPHANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Artesian: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Parker HeightsClayPast Producer
Hypotheek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yakima 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
Moxee City1.5 miles14
Birchfield4.6 miles14
Donald5.7 miles14
Terrace Heights5.9 miles14
Union Gap6.4 miles14
Sawyer6.6 miles13
Parker6.9 miles14
Flint7.3 miles13

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 ArtesianAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4797575The 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 1514878. 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.