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Fruitvale, Washington

17 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 98902. It lies near Pecks Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Yakima West quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.

Fruitvale within Yakima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

31 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Fruitvale between 2000 and 2020, burning about 11 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
Fireworks27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreYakama Agency16TH AND GILBERT
5 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreYakama Agency16TH / GILBERT
5 July 2014Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencyGILBERT 2
5 July 2000Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencyGRAVEY
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencyGILBERT # 3
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencyGILBERT # 2
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencyGILBERT / 16TH
4 July 2016Fireworksunder an acreYakama Agency16TH / GILBERT 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Fruitvale: 19 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite. 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
GleedDiatomiteOccurrence
Naches RiverGraphiteOccurrence
SelahSilicaOccurrence
YakimaGemstoneOccurrence
YakimaClayPast Producer
State QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Zirkle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Selah No. 1PumiceOccurrence
Selah No. 2PumiceOccurrence
WenasPumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yakima 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
Brace1.4 miles16
Yakima2.7 miles17
Selah2.8 miles16
West Valley3.3 miles17
Washington Park3.7 miles14
South Broadway4.1 miles17
Gleed4.2 miles16
Pomona Heights4.6 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on FruitvaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5506472The 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 1512229. 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.