Roza, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Manastash Ridge census division. It stands on Roza Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wymer quadrangle. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1938 USGS Badger Pocket quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Badger Pocket quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Badger Pocket quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Wymer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Badger Pocket quadrangle1:62500
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Roza between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,886 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | 47 CHARLIE |
| 6 September 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Spokane District | BIG PINE 2 |
| 29 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Spokane District | UMTANUM |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Spokane District | SELAH BUTTE |
| 29 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Spokane District | ROSE SPRING |
| 28 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WYMER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Roza: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Roza | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Roza Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Roberts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Roza | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Sec. 17 Deposit B | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 19 Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 30 Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 32 Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Sec. 36 Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roza in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Roza | $2,000 | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Siding | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wymer | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Umtanum | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Edgemont | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Thrall | 10.6 miles | 18 | |
| Holmes | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Kittitas | 13.9 miles | 15 | |
| East Kittitas | 14.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q27995407 | The 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 1511275. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







