BlockGrange City, Washington
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Starbuck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99359. It stands on Tucannon River. The Survey maps it on the Starbuck West quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1948 USGS Starbuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Starbuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Starbuck West quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Connell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Grange City (historical) between 2016 and 2017, burning about 12,066 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,168 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | FLETCHER ROAD |
| 17 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,380 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | STARBUCK |
| 19 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 518 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | JOE BARKER RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Grange City (historical): 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lyons Ferry | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Starbuck | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Grange City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Starbuck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Starbuck 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.
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 Grange City (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27995373 | The 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 1514858. 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.