Pampa, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the LaCrosse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99143. The Survey maps it on the La Crosse West quadrangle.

Pampa within Whitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1950 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1952 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS La Crosse West quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pampa: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Willow Creek	Pumice	Occurrence
Camp Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Camp Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Snow 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
Gordon	3.8 miles	9
Jerita	4.3 miles	10
La Crosse	4.6 miles	10
Shreck	6.6 miles	10
Hay	7.1 miles	10
Hooper	10.4 miles	9
Sutton	10.4 miles	10
Purrington	12.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511213. 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.