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Givens Corner, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Sunnyside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98935. The Survey maps it on the Grandview quadrangle. It stands 666 feet above sea level.

Givens Corner within Yakima County

On record in Givens Corner

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Givens Corner between 1994 and 2019, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresYakama AgencyLOONEY
28 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama AgencyBOUNDARY & PINE
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresYakama AgencyHWY 22 / FLORANCE
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencySR 22 M P 22
1 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama Agency1100 BLOCK COLWASH
30 June 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreYakama AgencyMILE MARKER 1
23 June 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama AgencyJONES
18 June 2012Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresYakama AgencyHWY 22 MM 20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Givens Corner: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Emerald PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Patch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Snipes Mountain GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Midvale2.4 miles12
Mabton2.5 miles9
Lichty3.8 miles12
Blacks Corner4.2 miles12
Sunnyside5.0 miles12
Grandview5.2 miles12
Emerald5.6 miles12
Outlook7.4 miles12

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 Q5565829The 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 1510990. 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.