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Port of Kennewick, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Richland-Kennewick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99336. It lies near Clover Island. The Survey maps it on the Pasco quadrangle.

Port of Kennewick within Benton County

On record in Port of Kennewick

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

34 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Port of Kennewick between 2000 and 2019, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife Refuge2ND ST.
20 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexMAPLE
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeBLACKBERRY
7 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeREINKIN
5 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeRANKIN
5 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHWY124
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexRAY
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWalla Walla County Fire DistrictsQUINCY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Port of Kennewick: 11 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
D.O.E. Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cherry Lane QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kennewick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pasco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Putnam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sanders and Young PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Kennewick1.9 miles12
South Highlands2.3 miles12
West Highlands4.2 miles12
Hedges4.4 miles12
Finley5.4 miles12
Highland5.7 miles12
Vista5.8 miles12
Island View6.7 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.

Wikidata item Q122542899The 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 1513391. 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.