Edna, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hanford Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98944. The Survey maps it on the Hanford quadrangle. It stands 404 feet above sea level.

Edna within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1924 USGS Hanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1951 USGS Hanford quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Hanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1979 USGS Priest Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Hanford quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Edna between 1999 and 2017, burning about 18,948 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
21 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	608 acres	Hanford Reach National Monument	REACH
7 July 2002	Natural	285 acres	Hanford Reach National Monument	WHITEBLUFF
7 July 2002	Natural	4.0 acres	Hanford Reach National Monument	WHITEBLUF2
6 July 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Hanford Reach National Monument	PL 7 CAMP FIRE
13 July 2007	Natural	100 acres	Hanford Reach National Monument	OVERLOOK 2
13 July 2007	Natural	17,946 acres	Hanford Reach National Monument	OVERLOOK
10 July 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Hanford Reach National Monument	OVERLOOK CMPF
20 May 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Hanford Reach National Monument	RINGOLD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Edna: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Hanford	Clay	Past Producer
Ambacher Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hanford Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Muir Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Hanford	1.5 miles	12
May Junction	3.2 miles	12
Pierce	3.7 miles	12
Ruth	4.4 miles	12
Willa	5.6 miles	13
East White Bluffs	6.3 miles	12
White Bluffs	6.5 miles	12
Ginger	7.9 miles	13

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 Q5340007

The 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 1510937. 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.