BlockEmerald, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sunnyside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98944. It lies near Snipes Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sunnyside quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1910 USGS Zillah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Granger quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Sunnyside quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Toppenish quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Emerald between 1994 and 2019, burning about 242 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Yakama Agency | SR 22 MM 14 |
| 24 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Yakama Agency | TOTUS RD |
| 24 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 1590 SOUTH SATUS ROAD |
| 15 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Yakama Agency | SATUS / HWY 22 |
| 30 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Yakama Agency | MILE MARKER 1 |
| 28 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Yakama Agency | WEST SATUS # 1 |
| 23 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | JONES |
| 19 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Yakama Agency | SATUS LONGHOUSE # 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Emerald: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Semiprecious Gemstone, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snipes Mountain | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Sunnyside | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Snipes Mountain | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Top Snipes Mountain | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Emerald Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Emerald Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Levold Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Luther Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Medin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Patch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Q5370391 | 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 1510944. 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.