Elliott Ave, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98908. It lies near Cottonwood Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wiley City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1899 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Wiley City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
21 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Elliott Ave between 2000 and 2019, burning about 161 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Yakama Agency | MEDOWBROK |
| 6 August 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Yakama Agency | SOUTH AHTANUM |
| 20 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Yakama Agency | WEST VALLE |
| 13 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Yakama Agency | 79TH AHTANUM |
| 8 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Yakama Agency | 7790 S. AHTANUM |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 6430 SOUTH AHTANUM |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 1.5 acres | Yakama Agency | 62ND / S. AHTANUM |
| 4 July 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 62ND AVENUE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Elliott Ave: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naches River | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Yakima | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Summit View 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harwood | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Summitview | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gromore | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Tietonview Grange | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Weikel | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wiley City | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| West Valley | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ahtanum | 3.2 miles | 17 |
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 Q122573265 | 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 1511756. 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.





