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Kiona, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Northwest Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99320. The Survey maps it on the Webber Canyon quadrangle. It stands 518 feet above sea level.

Kiona within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Kiona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,343 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism7
Firearms and explosives use4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarism20 acresSpokane DistrictBTN CITY
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined39 acresSpokane DistrictWEBBER
29 September 1996Arson/incendiarism311 acresSpokane DistrictWEBBER #2
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined58 acresSpokane DistrictMCBEE
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined650 acresSpokane DistrictWEBBER
18 September 1996Arson/incendiarism25 acresSpokane DistrictDENNIS RD
1 September 2018Natural4,046 acresHanford Reach National MonumentWAGON WHEEL
8 August 2008Natural15 acresSpokane DistrictBADGER 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kiona: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite. 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
KionaDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Benton CitySand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
KionaSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
South KionaSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Benton City1.1 miles12
Chaffee6.9 miles11
Badger7.1 miles11
West Richland7.2 miles13
Gibbon9.8 miles10
Richland10.5 miles13
Horse Heaven10.8 miles10
Whitstran12.1 miles10

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 KionaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6414509The 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 1512351. 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.