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Pasco West, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99301. The Survey maps it on the Kennewick quadrangle.

Pasco West within Franklin County

On record in Pasco West

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Pasco West in 2003, burning about 2 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
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
30 June 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresHanford Reach National MonumentTAYLOR FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Pasco West: 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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
D.O.E. Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cherry Lane QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kennewick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pasco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No. 11147Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Putnam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pasco West in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPasco West-Plywood signs 4 feet by 6 feet knocked over.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPasco West-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Riverview1.8 miles12
Pasco2.2 miles12
West Pasco2.3 miles12
Ainsworth Junction5.8 miles12
Glade7.2 miles11
Martindale9.5 miles12
Sagemoor12.1 miles10
Mathews Corner15.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1534122. 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.