BlockHoltzinger, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98923. The Survey maps it on the Naches quadrangle. It stands 1,762 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Ellensburg quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Naches quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Holtzinger between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,515 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 120 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEBERT |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BEAR |
| 8 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 July 2019 | Natural | 15 acres | Spokane District | ROCKY TOP |
| 18 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,834 acres | Spokane District | COWICHE MILL |
| 13 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Holtzinger: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naches River | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Summit View Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clarke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| S. Naches Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
| Wikidata item Q5884784 | 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 1512305. 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.