BlockHillside Siding, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Kittitas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98901. The Survey maps it on the Pomona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Hillside Siding between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,891 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | 47 CHARLIE |
| 6 September 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Spokane District | BIG PINE 2 |
| 29 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Spokane District | SELAH BUTTE |
| 28 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | I-82 |
| 16 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Spokane District | BURBANK |
| 12 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BETTAS #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hillside Siding: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Roza | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Roberts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roza Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| East Roza | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Sec. 17 Deposit B | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 19 Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 30 Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Selah Tunnel | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| West Roza | Diatomite | 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 Q122572412 | 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 1513126. 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.