Ritell, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Warden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98857. It lies near Weber Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Bassett Junction quadrangle.

Ritell within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1923 USGS Wheeler quadrangle1:62500
1925 USGS Wheeler quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Bassett Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Wheeler quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Moses Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ritell between 2011 and 2013, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
17 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	50 acres	Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex	2 SE
1 July 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex	MP 23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant 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 Ritell: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Bassett Junction	0.5 miles	13
Tiflis	2.8 miles	13
West Warden	4.9 miles	11
Atwood	4.9 miles	13
Barham	5.1 miles	13
Warden	5.3 miles	11
Sieler	5.3 miles	14
Laing	6.0 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511261. 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.