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Berrian, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99337. It lies near Rush Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hat Rock quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Berrian within Benton 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Berrian between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3,834 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1

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
8 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSANDSTATIO
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresCold Springs National Wildlife RefugeCSRAILROAD
27 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresCold Springs National Wildlife RefugeRAILROAD1
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined248 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSAND STATION
22 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSTATELINE
19 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresVale DistrictHAT ROCK
1 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHWY 37
9 July 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexWEIGH STATION

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Berrian: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold. 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
Berrian Island PlacerGoldPast Producer
Sand Station DepositSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hat RockStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Diagonal QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hat Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Diagonal QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berrian in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997WildfireBerrian-A brush fire fueled by a powerful dust storm blackened the hills of south Kennewick. Over 5100 acres of sage brush were burnt and electricity to a local TV and radio tower was cut off by the fire. No homes were destroyed.

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
North McNary8.3 miles15
Plymouth10.5 miles15
Highland13.5 miles12
Yellepit13.6 miles12
Longview (historical)13.9 miles14
Finley16.2 miles12
Hedges17.6 miles12
South Highlands17.7 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 BerrianAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4894687The 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 1510821. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.