Port Kelley, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Burbank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99363. It lies near Spring Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wallula quadrangle.

Port Kelley within Walla Walla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1915 USGS Wallulah quadrangle1:96000
1918 USGS Wallula quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Wallula quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Wallula quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

73 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Port Kelley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 59,502 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	29
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Recreation and ceremony	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Arson/incendiarism	7
Natural	5
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	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
4 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	HWY 730 SPOT
13 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	8,988 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	STATE LINE
11 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	200 acres	Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex	LAMBDON ROAD
6 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	STATELINE
3 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	SPOT #1
3 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	SPOT#2
25 August 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	FISHING
2 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	500 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	HWY 730

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla 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 Port Kelley: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Eucon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Walla Walla 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
Wallula Junction	2.7 miles	12
Hunt	3.4 miles	12
Wallula	4.5 miles	12
Attalia	5.8 miles	12
Zangar Junction	6.1 miles	13
Two Rivers	8.0 miles	12
Reese	8.9 miles	13
Villard Junction	10.9 miles	12

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 Q122596300

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 1511238. 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.