BlockAsh, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Burbank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99323. The Survey maps it on the Levey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1915 USGS Wallulah quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Wallula quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Levey SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Levey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ash between 2006 and 2020, burning about 470 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | HERMAN |
| 6 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 117 acres | Spokane District | COLUMBIA PLATEAU |
| 23 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Walla Walla County Fire Districts | EMERALD |
| 6 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex | RAILROAD 1 |
| 17 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | MONUMENT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ash: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510791. 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.