Pomona Heights, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98901. The Survey maps it on the Pomona quadrangle.

Pomona Heights within Yakima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1936 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:48000
1941 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Yakima East quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Pomona Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 678 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/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
28 August 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
8 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	400 acres	Washington State Fire Marshal's Office	COYOTE CREEK
31 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	ROCK QUARRY
23 July 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Spokane District	HARTFORD
23 July 2002	Arson/incendiarism	30 acres	Spokane District	LOST SPR
10 July 2007	Recreation and ceremony	220 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BUFFALO ROAD
2 June 2001	Smoking	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
17 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SPORTSMANS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Pomona Heights: 20 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Diatomite. 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
Selah	Silica	Occurrence
Yakima	Gemstone	Occurrence
Gleed	Diatomite	Occurrence
Kaiser	Clay	Past Producer
Selah Tunnel	Diatomite	Occurrence
Yakima	Clay	Past Producer
Selah No. 1	Pumice	Occurrence
Selah No. 2	Pumice	Occurrence
State Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
East Selah	0.6 miles	15
Pomona	2.3 miles	15
Selah	2.5 miles	16
Yakima	4.0 miles	17
Washington Park	4.2 miles	14
Terrace Heights	4.2 miles	14
Fruitvale	4.6 miles	17
Brace	5.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511236. 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.