Lavista, Washington

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rock Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99171. The Survey maps it on the Rock Lake quadrangle.

Lavista within Whitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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.

1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Rock Lake quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Rosalia quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lavista: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Ewan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Schell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ewan	2.4 miles	6
Juno	7.2 miles	5
Saint John	7.5 miles	5
Lancaster	8.0 miles	6
Huntley	8.9 miles	5
Kenova	9.2 miles	5
Pine City	10.5 miles	5
Lamont	11.3 miles	5

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511523. 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.

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.