Gardena, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Touchet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99360. It stands on Touchet River. The Survey maps it on the Touchet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1915 USGS Wallulah quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Wallula quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Touchet quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Touchet quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gardena in 2011, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | MEADOW CREEK |
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 Gardena: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touchet | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Moore Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lowden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Touchet Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touchet | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lowden | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Reese | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Zangar Junction | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Whitman | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Waiilatpo (historical) | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sudbury | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dixie Crossing | 11.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510984. 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.






