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Attalia, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Burbank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99323. It lies near Badger Island. The Survey maps it on the Wallula quadrangle. It stands 364 feet above sea level.

Attalia within Walla Walla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

92 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Attalia between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,325 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHWY 730 SPOT
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeIVERSON ROAD
19 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugePENINSULA
18 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife Refuge2RIVPARK
17 September 2000Recreation and ceremony100 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugePENINSULA
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLAMBDON ROAD
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeLAMDIN
6 August 2017Natural13 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeWALLULA LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Attalia: 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Attalia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eucon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Rivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walla Walla 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
Wallula1.7 miles12
Two Rivers2.6 miles12
Hunt2.8 miles12
Wallula Junction3.5 miles12
Zangar Junction4.6 miles13
Port Kelley5.8 miles12
Humorist5.9 miles12
Villard Junction6.2 miles12

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 AttaliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4818083The 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 1510793. 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.