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Kinneyville, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Northwest Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99350. The Survey maps it on the Prosser quadrangle. It stands 679 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.

Kinneyville within Benton County

On record in Kinneyville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Kinneyville (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 9,675 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSpokane DistrictCHANDLER
7 July 1998Arson/incendiarism3,880 acresSpokane DistrictVIEW PT
31 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,888 acresSpokane DistrictSOUTH WARD GAP
28 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,877 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeMONTECITO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Kinneyville (historical): 15 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ProsserPerliteOccurrence
ProsserClayPast Producer
ProsserGold, SilverProspect
Prosser QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
ProsserPumiceOccurrence
South ProsserPumiceOccurrence
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Johnson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Prosser1.2 miles11
North Prosser2.1 miles11
Apricot4.0 miles11
Whitstran5.0 miles10
Gibbon7.2 miles10
Chaffee10.5 miles11
Horse Heaven15.5 miles10
Benton City16.6 miles12

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 Kinneyville (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6414102The 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 1514763. 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.