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Pinecliff, Washington

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Northwest Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98937. The Survey maps it on the Cliffdell quadrangle. It stands 2,228 feet above sea level.

Pinecliff within Yakima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Pinecliff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,406 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 7 were 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
Recreation and ceremony51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning12
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes4
Smoking3
Fireworks2

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
9 September 2012Natural4.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestGOLD CREEK SPRING
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forest254 ROAD
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestNILE CREEK
3 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestDRY RIDGE
28 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILK
28 September 1993Smoking1.0 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named
23 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCAMP ROGANUNDA
21 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pinecliff: 2 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yakima 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
Cliffdell4.4 miles18
Nile6.7 miles15
American River9.5 miles18
Wenas12.8 miles14
Goose Prairie13.5 miles19
Rimrock17.3 miles19
Tieton19.3 miles14
Tasker20.0 miles14

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 Q7195449The 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 1524454. 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.