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Edgemont, Washington

15 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 stands on Cooke Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kittitas quadrangle.

Edgemont within Kittitas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Edgemont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,084 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined6
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
11 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOME STEAD
6 August 2014Natural268 acresSpokane DistrictBIGHORN
6 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSpokane DistrictUMTANUM
26 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.7 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersI82 TURNAROUND
8 July 2010Fireworksunder an acreSpokane DistrictPACMAN
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVIEW POINT
6 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDURR ROAD
5 July 2001Fireworks60 acresSpokane DistrictUMTANUM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittitas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Edgemont: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Hall Pit C-33Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schnebly Pit C-28Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tozer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilson Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Thrall2.7 miles18
Umtanum4.3 miles13
Holmes4.3 miles18
Regal4.5 miles15
Kittitas4.6 miles15
East Kittitas6.1 miles13
Ellensburg6.8 miles18
Wymer6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510936. 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.