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Ladow, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Garfield-Oakesdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99130. It stands on Ladow Butte. The Survey maps it on the Palouse quadrangle.

Ladow within Whitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ladow between 1992 and 2008, burning about 403 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsNORTH POTLATCH
10 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use20 acresIdaho Department of LandsWOODY GRADE
29 August 1992Debris and open burning376 acresIdaho Department of LandsCEDAR CREEK
29 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Idaho Agencynot named
30 March 1994Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresNorthern Idaho AgencyALLT 305

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitman County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ladow: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Titanium, Stone, Dimension. 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
Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, TitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Duffield Creek QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Ladow ButteSilicaOccurrence
GarfieldClayOccurrence
GarfieldClayPast Producer
Garfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Turnbow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitman 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
Grinnell1.9 miles13
Garfield3.3 miles9
Walters4.0 miles12
Lairds5.0 miles13
Eden5.0 miles9
Palouse5.2 miles13
Crabtree6.5 miles9
Elberton7.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511081. 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.