Providence, Washington

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lind-Washtucna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99341. The Survey maps it on the Providence quadrangle.

Providence within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1916 USGS Connell quadrangle1:125000
1918 USGS Connell quadrangle1:125000
1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Providence quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Connell quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Providence: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Elmore Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Servia	1.3 miles	9
Beatrice	2.7 miles	9
Roxboro	6.9 miles	9
Cunningham	7.3 miles	8
Lind	7.6 miles	8
Hatton	10.6 miles	8
Schrag	12.8 miles	10
Paha	15.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511243. 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.

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.