BlockHesseltine, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Wilbur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99185. The Survey maps it on the Broadax Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Grand Coulee Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Coulee Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Broadax Draw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Hesseltine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 996 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COLUMBIA RIVER |
| 2 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | FORTYFORTY |
| 15 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | CAMPFIRE19 |
| 12 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 202 acres | Spokane District | SORENSEN ROAD |
| 4 July 1997 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | SPARKLER1 |
| 4 July 1993 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Colville Agency | NAFFS |
| 27 July 1999 | Smoking | 16 acres | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | SMOKER |
| 24 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Spokane District | NEAL CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hesseltine: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Beib Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Llewellyn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Plum Bar Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Plum Bar Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Plum Bar Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Wikidata item Q122543382 | 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 1510431. 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.