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Plymouth, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99346. The Survey maps it on the Umatilla quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Plymouth within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Plymouth between 1996 and 2020, burning about 6,422 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
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
9 August 2020Arson/incendiarism18 acresSpokane DistrictMCNARY
28 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeUMATILLA RIVER
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVale DistrictLAUBACK 2
20 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVale DistrictPICKUP
17 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresVale DistrictLAUBACK
16 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexMARINA FIRE
5 July 2001Fireworks400 acresSpokane DistrictSILLUTUS
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBenton County Fire DistrictsTRUMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Plymouth: 32 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold. 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
Berrian Island PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Bensel Road QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Bensel Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymouth in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
May 2006Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Several irrigation pivots blown over.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-no account filed
August 2003HailPlymouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
North McNary2.3 miles15
Longview (historical)3.4 miles14
Berrian10.5 miles14
Paterson13.4 miles15
Horse Heaven15.1 miles10
Badger18.3 miles11
Highland18.5 miles12
Vista20.6 miles12

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 PlymouthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3304485The 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 1507501. 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.