BlockGrinnell, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Colfax-Palouse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99130. The Survey maps it on the Palouse quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1910 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Palouse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Grinnell between 1992 and 2008, burning about 403 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | NORTH POTLATCH |
| 10 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WOODY GRADE |
| 29 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 376 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CEDAR CREEK |
| 29 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | not named |
| 30 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | ALLT 305 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Grinnell: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Titanium | Occurrence | Ilmenite | |
| Cox Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Duffield Creek Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Ladow Butte | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Garfield | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Garfield | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Palouse | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Garfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grinnell in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 1 debris flow, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Grinnell | $20,000 | Heavy rainfall from a slow moving thunderstorm during the evening of May 20th caused Flash Flooding across Ladlow Butte Road near Garfield. A car was swept off the road and into a ditch. The car's occupants were rescued without injury by bystanders. Photos taken as the flood was abating showed mud and debris over a quarter mile stretch of roadway. |
| December 2015 | Debris Flow | Grinnell | - | A member of the broadcast media reported a mudslide fully blocking highway 27 2 miles north of Palouse, WA. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511015. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.