Chambers, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Pullman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99163. The Survey maps it on the Pullman quadrangle.

Chambers within Whitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1910 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Chambers: 12 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar. 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
Bald Butte	Feldspar	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bishop Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Druffel Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Henderson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Jones Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Sage Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Whitman 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
Johnson	2.6 miles	15
Staley	2.7 miles	15
Wilma (historical)	3.3 miles	15
Busby	3.9 miles	15
Pullman Junction	5.1 miles	15
Whitlow	5.7 miles	15
Colton	6.0 miles	13
Pullman	6.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1534574. 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.