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Regal, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Kittitas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98926. The Survey maps it on the Kittitas quadrangle.

Regal within Kittitas County

On record in Regal

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

8 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Regal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOME STEAD
30 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTHRALL ROAD
26 July 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestWRONG CREEK
11 June 1992Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKittitas County Fire DistrictsDENMARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittitas 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 Regal: 15 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Geothermal. 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
Clerf SpringGeothermalProducer
Craige HillSilicaPast Producer
Ellensburg DepositClayPast Producer
Hall Pit C-33Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Traprock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Goebel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Loter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Olds Pit C-6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schnebly Pit C-28Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kittitas 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
Kittitas2.7 miles15
Holmes4.0 miles18
Ellensburg4.3 miles18
Edgemont4.5 miles15
Thrall4.7 miles18
East Kittitas5.5 miles13
Umtanum8.7 miles13
Renslow8.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511252. 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.