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Lavender, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Manastash Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98922. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ronald quadrangle. It stands 2,142 feet above sea level.

Lavender within Kittitas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Lavender between 1992 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning14
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSoutheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesWALNUT LANE
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1993Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBULL FROG WOODCHIP
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTUCKER CREEK
15 September 2015Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestGREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittitas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lavender: 13 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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
Easton TunnelSilicaOccurrence
Jonesville No. 2 Mine DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Alpine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bullfrog PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cresto PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Nelson Siding PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hundley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kittitas 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
Pine Glen1.5 miles15
Nelson3.2 miles16
Easton4.2 miles15
Lakedale4.5 miles17
Driftwood Acres5.1 miles17
Ronald5.2 miles16
Roslyn6.4 miles16
Cabin Creek6.8 miles15

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 Q27988997The 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 1530167. 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.