BlockFallon, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Colfax-Palouse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99161. The Survey maps it on the Viola quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Pullman quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Viola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fallon in 2005, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | FOUR MILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fallon: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayer Deposit No. 1 | Kaolin | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Ringo | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Cox Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Greenwalt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kamiak Butte | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Ringo | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Ringo Hills | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Thompson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510961. 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.