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Kooskooskie, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Waitsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99362. It lies near Railroad Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kooskooskie quadrangle.

Kooskooskie within Walla Walla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Kooskooskie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,676 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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 2013Naturalunder an acreMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexGNAT
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 1996Natural3.0 acresUmatilla National ForestWATERSHED
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBMIDC INC 1198 - MILL CREEK
10 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBMIDC INC 1166 - GREEN RIDGE
10 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acrePendleton UnitMILLCREEK SPOTFIRE
8 August 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMORMON GRADE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kooskooskie: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Reser QuarryStonePast Producer
Reser QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Walla Walla County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kooskooskie in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019FloodKooskooskie$150,000Minor flooding was reported on Titus Creek, stemming from log jam on Mill Creek that pushed more water into Titus Creek. As a result of high water on Titus Creek, a tractor was flooded. The Touchet River, 1.5 to 3 miles east of Waitsburg, changed course and began channeling water against a resident's property. The resulting erosion caused two outbuilding to topple into the water.
June 2022FloodKooskooskie-Emergency Manager relayed reports of flooding along Mill Creek between Thomas and Kooskooskie, WA. There were reports of water over roadways as well as pictures showing minor flooding on a property adjacent to Mill Creek. The creek and flood waters receded later on the June 14th.
July 2012HailKooskooskie-Radio operator was at the Table Rock Fire Lookout.
July 2012HailKooskooskie-Hail accompanied by heavy rainfall and wind to 40 mph.
July 2012HailKooskooskie-Accompanied by winds 50 to 60 mph and heavy rainfall.
August 2008HailKooskooskie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walla Walla 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
Thomas2.2 miles11
Five Points4.9 miles13
Tracy6.2 miles11
Kibler7.6 miles11
Harbert8.4 miles11
Eastman8.7 miles11
Gilliam8.7 miles11
Buroker9.0 miles11

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 Q122594391The 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 1512359. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.