Peyton, 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 99347. It lies near Schoolhouse Draw. The Survey maps it on the Central Ferry quadrangle.

Peyton 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 Hay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1952 USGS Hay quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Central Ferry 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 Peyton: 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
Snake River	Pumice	Occurrence
Barnhill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	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
Purrington	3.0 miles	10
Ridpath	5.9 miles	10
Shreck	6.6 miles	10
Hay	7.0 miles	10
Penawawa	7.9 miles	9
Jerita	9.2 miles	10
Swift	11.1 miles	9
Pampa	13.1 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510763. 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.