BlockLairds, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Colfax-Palouse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99161. The Survey maps it on the Palouse quadrangle.
On record in Lairds
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Churchlisted 2005 · 0.4 miles away- Palouse Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1986 · 0.6 miles away
- F Street Bridgelisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1910 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Palouse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lairds in 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CHANEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lairds: 11 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duffield Creek Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Palouse | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ringo | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cox Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Kamiak Butte | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Ringo | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Ringo Hills | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 Q122550824 | 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 1511083. 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.