BlockMcCredie, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Horse Heaven Hills Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99356. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Golgotha Butte quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1906 USGS Blalock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Blalock Island quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Alderdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Alderdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Hermiston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Golgotha Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of McCredie between 2000 and 2017, burning about 12,335 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 41 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prineville District | 0716 SQUIRREL FIRE |
| 10 August 2000 | Natural | 11,300 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | SIXPRONG COMPLEX |
| 26 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 244 acres | Spokane District | PINE CREEK |
| 26 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 650 acres | Spokane District | SOUTH PINE |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 40 acres | Yakama Agency | 6 PRONG / ALDERDALE |
| 17 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Yakama Agency | WEST MCCREDIE |
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 McCredie: 8 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderdale Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arlington-Tower Road | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Arlington-Tower Road Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Three- Mile Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Three-Mile Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Six-Mile Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Six-Mile Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Six-Mile Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Six-Mile Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 Q27995385 | 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 1531479. 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.