Gilliam, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Waitsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99361. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle.

Gilliam within Walla Walla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1919 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000
1921 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Dixie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Gilliam between 1999 and 2020, burning about 6,432 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	2
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
23 September 1999	Debris and open burning	100 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
27 August 2005	Debris and open burning	250 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	MUD CREEK
22 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	TOYOTA
15 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	90 acres	Walla Walla Fire Department	SEAMAN ROAD
24 July 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
20 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5,992 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BLUE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gilliam: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Mill Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Thanney Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Walla Walla 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dixie	1.5 miles	11
Eastman	2.1 miles	11
Buroker	2.2 miles	11
Tracy	3.1 miles	11
Sapolil	3.2 miles	11
Kibler	3.5 miles	11
Minnick	3.6 miles	11
Harbert	4.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510988. 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.