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North Prosser, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Northwest Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99350. The Survey maps it on the Prosser quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

North Prosser within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of North Prosser between 1998 and 2020, burning about 9,675 acres in total. None 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/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSpokane DistrictCHANDLER
7 July 1998Arson/incendiarism3,880 acresSpokane DistrictVIEW PT
31 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,888 acresSpokane DistrictSOUTH WARD GAP
28 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,877 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeMONTECITO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of North Prosser: 15 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Clay. 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
ProsserClayPast Producer
ProsserGold, SilverProspect
Prosser QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
ProsserPumiceOccurrence
South ProsserPumiceOccurrence
Anderson Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Farmers Field PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Prosser in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 1 flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2011FloodNorth Prosser$60,000In Benton County, there was minor flooding at the RV park along the river at Benton City and through the rural areas of West Richland. At the higher levels, some water from the river flows through a low bank area and moves overland through a rural subdivision and then rejoins the main river channel. Homes are built up so water does not enter them, but there was 60,000 dollars in damages to roads and outbuildings.
August 2014Tornado (EF0)North Prosser-Small tornado touched down in an open field with no damage reported.

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Prosser1.7 miles11
Kinneyville (historical)2.1 miles11
Whitstran3.3 miles10
Apricot4.7 miles11
Gibbon5.7 miles10
Chaffee8.8 miles11
Benton City15.0 miles12
Horse Heaven15.3 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on North ProsserAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7056422The 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 1511192. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.