BlockBlackrock, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Northeast Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98936. The Survey maps it on the Cairn Hope Peak quadrangle. It stands 1,670 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1917 USGS Priest Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Cairn Hope Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Priest Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Priest Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1979 USGS Priest Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Blackrock (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 60,159 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4,800 acres | Spokane District | HWY 24 |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,310 acres | Spokane District | 241 |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | 25 acres | Spokane District | BLK CYN #1 |
| 20 August 2009 | Natural | 48,902 acres | Spokane District | DRY CREEK |
| 7 July 1996 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Hanford Reach National Monument | LIGHTN |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Spokane District | RATTLESNAKE |
| 20 July 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 acres | Spokane District | SILVER DOLLAR |
| 2 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | MILE 27 |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Blackrock (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside-White Bluffs Road | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Deaver | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Clay | Clay | Occurrence |
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.
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 Q4923306 | 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 1514877. 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.