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Reese, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Touchet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99360. It lies near Ninemile Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Zangar Junction quadrangle.

Reese within Walla Walla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Reese between 2000 and 2020, burning about 5,365 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLAMBDON ROAD
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeLAMDIN
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5,000 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHATCH GRADE
9 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeZANGARJCT
3 July 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexWALLULA CAMP FIRE
28 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeMADAME DORIAN
10 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHWY 12 MP 309
7 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeMP 309

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Reese: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dry CreekPumiceOccurrence
Lambdin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Moore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pleasant Ridge RoadPumiceOccurrence
TouchetPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Zangar Junction3.3 miles13
Touchet6.2 miles11
Wallula6.6 miles12
Hunt6.7 miles12
Gardena6.7 miles11
Wallula Junction6.9 miles12
Le Grow7.5 miles12
Attalia7.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511251. 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.