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East Kittitas, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Kittitas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98926. It lies near Johnson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the East Kittitas quadrangle.

East Kittitas within Kittitas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of East Kittitas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71,229 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
12 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOME STEAD
19 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined71,209 acresSpokane DistrictBOYLSTON
11 June 1992Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKittitas County Fire DistrictsDENMARK
28 February 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVANTAGE HIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittitas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of East Kittitas: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal, Clay. 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
Clerf SpringGeothermalProducer
Johnston CanyonClayPast Producer
Hall Pit C-33Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Regan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Loter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Olds Pit C-6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schnebly Pit C-28Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wheeler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kittitas County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Kittitas in 2 storm reports in 2019: 2 funnel cloud. 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
August 2019Funnel CloudEast Kittitas-Multiple photos of a funnel cloud via social media. Exact location unknown, but no ground circulation was apparent and no damage reported.
September 2019Funnel CloudEast Kittitas-Several pictures on social media depicting a funnel cloud. No ground circulation confirmed and no damage reported.

Every storm recorded in Kittitas 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
Kittitas2.8 miles15
Renslow3.3 miles13
Regal5.5 miles15
Edgemont6.1 miles15
Boylston8.1 miles12
Thrall8.3 miles18
Holmes8.8 miles18
Umtanum9.7 miles13

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 Q122592889The 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 1510929. 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.