Peola, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Snake River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99347. The Survey maps it on the Peola quadrangle. It stands 4,111 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Peola quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Peola quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Peola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Peola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Peola between 1993 and 2019, burning about 133 acres in total. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | TWIN CAMP |
| 25 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC 998 - ROCK HILL |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | BARBER CHAIR |
| 31 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | PARTY |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | 25 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Peola: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peola in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peola | - | The Alder Ridge remote weather observing station reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 66 mph. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peola | - | The Alder Ridge, Washington Remote Automatic Weather Station (RAWS) measured a 65 mph wind gust. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Springs | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Stentz Spring | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Unfried (historical) | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mentor | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pataha | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pomeroy | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kirby | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Zumwalt | 15.0 miles | 14 |
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 Peola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14713868 | The 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 1511222. 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.






