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Midvale, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sunnyside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98944. It lies near Peanut Hump. The Survey maps it on the Sunnyside quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.

Midvale within Yakima 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.

Fires near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Midvale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresYakama AgencyHWY 22 / FLORANCE
4 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreYakama AgencySR 22 M P 22
24 July 2019Naturalunder an acreYakama AgencyTOTUS RD
30 June 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreYakama AgencyMILE MARKER 1
23 June 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama AgencyJONES
18 June 2012Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresYakama AgencyHWY 22 MM 20
26 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYakama AgencyHWY 22 / HOLMIER
19 May 1997Debris and open burning2.5 acresToppenish National Wildlife RefugeTOCHAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Midvale: 12 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Pumice. 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
Snipes MountainPumiceOccurrence
Top Snipes MountainSilicaProspect
Emerald PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Emerald PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Levold PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Patch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Snipes Mountain GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yakima 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
Givens Corner2.4 miles12
Sunnyside2.7 miles12
Lichty3.3 miles12
Emerald3.8 miles12
Blacks Corner4.8 miles12
Mabton4.9 miles9
Outlook5.2 miles12
Grandview6.4 miles12

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 Q6843119The 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 1511150. 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.