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Bruce, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Othello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99344. The Survey maps it on the Bruce quadrangle.

Bruce within Adams County

On record in Bruce

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bruce: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. 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
Klepharot DepositDiatomitePast Producer
WenzelbergerDiatomitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Koren3.6 miles11
Novara5.9 miles11
Shano6.3 miles9
Othello6.6 miles11
Hatton12.7 miles8
Roxboro13.1 miles9
Cunningham13.1 miles8
Beatrice15.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510842. 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.

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.