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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1919 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000
- 1921 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Kooskooskie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Kooskooskie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex | GNAT |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Umatilla National Forest | WATERSHED |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC INC 1198 - MILL CREEK |
| 10 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC INC 1166 - GREEN RIDGE |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | MILLCREEK SPOTFIRE |
| 8 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MORMON GRADE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reser Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Reser Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Kooskooskie | $150,000 | Minor 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 2022 | Flood | Kooskooskie | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Kooskooskie | - | Radio operator was at the Table Rock Fire Lookout. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Kooskooskie | - | Hail accompanied by heavy rainfall and wind to 40 mph. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Kooskooskie | - | Accompanied by winds 50 to 60 mph and heavy rainfall. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Kooskooskie | - | no account filed |
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 Q122594391 | 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 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.






