Ashue, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Toppenish-Wapato census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98951. The Survey maps it on the Wapato quadrangle. It stands 833 feet above sea level.

Ashue within Yakima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1910 USGS Zillah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Wapato quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Toppenish quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

532 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 532 fires within 5 miles of Ashue between 1995 and 2019, burning about 3,483 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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
Fireworks	180
Debris and open burning	162
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100
Arson/incendiarism	41
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Other causes	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Smoking	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	1
Firearms and explosives use	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
8 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Yakama Agency	DONALD WAPATO SWIMMING HOLE
6 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Yakama Agency	3214 MCDONALD
4 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Yakama Agency	361 BUTLER RD.
4 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Yakama Agency	EAST BRANCH
4 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Yakama Agency	170 HORSCHELL RD.
30 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Yakama Agency	DONALD RD.
28 September 2015	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Yakama Agency	NORTH TRACK
27 September 2015	Fireworks	under an acre	Yakama Agency	1511 S. MCKINLEY RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ashue: 5 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Ashue Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Harrah Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Wapato Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Venner	2.3 miles	13
Farron	3.3 miles	13
Yethonat	3.3 miles	14
Wapato	3.6 miles	14
Harrah	4.5 miles	13
Donald	6.0 miles	14
Sawyer	6.3 miles	13
Wesley Junction	6.4 miles	13

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 Q4806108

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 1510792. 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.