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Goose Prairie, Washington

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Northwest Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98937. It stands on Thunder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goose Prairie quadrangle. It stands 3,248 feet above sea level.

Goose Prairie within Yakima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Goose Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,292 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony35
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking9
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestFLAT IRON
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestPINUS CREEK
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBUMPING CROSSING
5 September 1993Smokingunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSNOW GOOSE
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCROSSING LOG
22 September 1999Smokingunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestBUMPING CROSSING
21 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestGOOSE PRAIRIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Goose Prairie: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bumping LakeGraphiteOccurrence
KeystoneGold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, LeadOccurrence1913
Keystone ClaimsSilver, Copper, Gold, Tungsten, ArsenicPast Producer
RichmondLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Gold, ArsenicOccurrence1917
Richmond MineZinc, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectUraniumProspect
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rattlesnake PlacerGoldOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGold, SilverProspect

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
American River7.9 miles18
Cougar Valley9.9 miles15
Cliffdell11.1 miles18
Pinecliff13.5 miles18
Silver Beach17.3 miles19
Rimrock17.6 miles19
Nile18.1 miles15
Wenas26.2 miles14

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 Goose PrairieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q526142The 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 1520150. 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.