Burbank Heights, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Burbank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99323. The Survey maps it on the Pasco quadrangle.

Burbank Heights within Walla Walla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1917 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:62500
1964 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Burbank Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 876 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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	40
Debris and open burning	27
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Arson/incendiarism	16
Recreation and ceremony	10
Fireworks	5
Natural	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Firearms and explosives use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 1994	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	CASEY POND
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	2ND ST.
19 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	PENINSULA
17 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	100 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	PENINSULA
7 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	HUMORIST RD
6 August 2017	Natural	13 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	WALLULA LAKE
6 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	FLAT TOP
5 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	LIGHTHUMOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Burbank Heights: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Humorist Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Cherry Lane Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Finley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Matheson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Matheson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pasco Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Putnam Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Smith Canyon Hazardous Waste Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Burbank	0.8 miles	12
Villard Junction	2.4 miles	12
Humorist	4.4 miles	12
Two Rivers	5.9 miles	12
Attalia	8.5 miles	12
Ash	9.2 miles	11
Le Grow	9.7 miles	12
Wallula	10.2 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512049. 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.