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Burbank, 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. 3,499 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.

Burbank within Walla Walla County

Population over time

3 figures

Burbank grew from 3,303 to 3,499 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20003,303
20103,291-12 (-0%)
20203,499+208 (+6%)

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.

Fires near this place

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Burbank between 1992 and 2020, burning about 773 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 1994Debris and open burning4.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeCASEY POND
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife Refuge2ND ST.
19 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugePENINSULA
17 September 2000Recreation and ceremony100 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugePENINSULA
7 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHUMORIST RD
6 August 2017Natural13 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeWALLULA LAKE
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeFLAT TOP
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeLIGHTHUMOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla 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 Burbank: 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Humorist PitStonePast Producer
Cherry Lane QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Finley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pasco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Putnam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sanders and Young PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Canyon Hazardous Waste SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Rivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walla Walla County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burbank in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2006: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBurbank$1,000,000Downburst destroyed a large storage building and grain bin, flipped a tractor trailer rig onto a dump truck, and overturned an irrigation pivot. Hundreds of trees were downed on a tree farm.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBurbank$250,000Wind blew off roof from 40 x 60 foot warehouse. Two 2500 gallon tanks blown over. Irrigation pivot damaged and service station sign blown down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBurbank-Three 50 to 60 foot tall poplar trees downed. Ten foot by 12 foot metal shed lifted and blown into trees.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBurbank-no account filed

Every storm 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
Burbank Heights0.8 miles12
Villard Junction1.8 miles12
Humorist4.6 miles12
Two Rivers5.5 miles12
Attalia8.0 miles12
Ash9.7 miles11
Wallula9.7 miles12
Le Grow9.8 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 BurbankAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1505383The 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 1512048. 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.