BlockEastman, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Waitsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99361. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle.
On record in Eastman
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Dixie High Schoollisted 1981 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1919 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000
- 1921 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Dixie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Eastman between 1996 and 2020, burning about 115,821 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 21 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MUD CREEK |
| 22 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TOYOTA |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 109,259 acres | Umatilla National Forest | COLUMBIA COMPLEX |
| 20 August 1998 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Walla Walla Fire Department | SEAMAN ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Eastman: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510932. 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.