Martindale, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Kahlotus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99301. The Survey maps it on the Humorist quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.

Martindale within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1915 USGS Wallulah quadrangle1:96000
1918 USGS Wallula quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Humorist quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Humorist quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Martindale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 539 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	36
Debris and open burning	23
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Arson/incendiarism	16
Fireworks	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Natural	2
Firearms and explosives use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 1994	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	CASEY POND
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	2ND ST.
7 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	HUMORIST RD
6 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	FLAT TOP
5 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	LIGHTHUMOR
31 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	HANSON
20 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex	MAPLE
15 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	BLACKBERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Martindale: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Humorist Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Smith Canyon Hazardous Waste Site	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 Franklin 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
Ainsworth Junction	4.6 miles	12
Levey	6.7 miles	11
Pasco	7.3 miles	12
Pasco West	9.5 miles	12
Glade	10.1 miles	11
Riverview	11.1 miles	12
West Pasco	11.6 miles	12
Sagemoor	12.0 miles	10

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 Q27995390

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 1511689. 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.