BlockBefore

East Heights, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Grand Coulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99133. It lies near Rattlesnake Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle.

East Heights within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of East Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,173 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined12
Fireworks11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyELMER CITY TRAILER P
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaSPRING CANYON
19 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution227 acresLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaSPRINGCANY
13 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreColville AgencyUSBR DUMP
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined230 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's Office230 SWITCH YARD FIRE
11 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColville AgencyCOLUMBIA VIEW APT
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaEDENHARBOR
31 August 2017Other causesunder an acreColville AgencyBUREAU GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of East Heights: 14 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum. 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
Black - RosauerMolybdenum, Silver, Gold, BismuthProducerGalena, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Black-RosauerSilver, Bismuth, Gold, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Electric CityMolybdenum, Bismuth, Gold, Beryllium, SilverProspect
PetersonUraniumOccurrence
State Pit Ps-T-158StonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black Rosauer-Electric CityMolybdenumOccurrence
Hope No. 1Silver, GoldProspect
Silver QueenSilverProspect
Allied Concrete Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Grand Coulee1.3 miles7
Delano Heights1.9 miles7
Electric City3.0 miles7
Osborne4.8 miles7
Hanson14.1 miles6
Hartline18.0 miles6
Fordair25.5 miles7
Odair26.9 miles8

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 Q122549158The 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 1511883. 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.