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Pandora, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rosalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99170. It stands on Cabbage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosalia quadrangle. It stands 2,421 feet above sea level.

Pandora 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Pandora between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,081 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Smoking1
Natural1
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
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROSALIA
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBASALT
21 July 2003Smoking1,080 acresTurnbull National Wildlife RefugeWATT ROAD
18 June 2013Naturalunder an acreTurnbull National Wildlife RefugePHILLOE STRIKE
4 October 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROSALIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitman County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pandora: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dorsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Durham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peterschick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peterschick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rosalia Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spring Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fairbanks3.3 miles10
McCoy4.3 miles10
Donahue4.8 miles10
Rosalia5.1 miles10
Flaig5.5 miles10
Lone Pine6.6 miles10
Oakesdale7.9 miles10
Balder8.1 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.

Wikidata item Q20712318The 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 1511539. 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.