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Satus, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the South Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98948. The Survey maps it on the Granger quadrangle. 746 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Satus within Yakima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Satus between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,855 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks6
Firearms and explosives use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama Agency1660 INDIAN SHAKER CHURCH
2 September 2012Smoking2.0 acresYakama AgencyHWY 22 CORNFIELD
8 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama AgencyS. SATUS / HOP #2
4 August 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresYakama Agency360 SATUS RD.
27 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreYakama AgencySR 22 MM 14
24 August 2017Arson/incendiarism11 acresYakama AgencyTULE & PLANK
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresYakama AgencyHWY 22 / FLORANCE
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined702 acresYakama AgencyTULE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima 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 Satus: 11 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Silica, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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
Granger Clay Products Co.Clay, BentonitePast Producer
Snipes MountainPumiceOccurrence
SunnysideSemiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Snipes MountainSilicaOccurrence
Top Snipes MountainSilicaProspect
Granger PitBentonitePast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositBentonitePast Producer
Emerald PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Emerald PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Levold PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yakima County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Satus in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012FloodSatus-Water from Satus Creek was over the West Satus Road and Marion Drain Road near Highway 22.

Every storm recorded in Yakima 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
Emerald4.3 miles12
Nass4.7 miles12
Outlook5.3 miles12
Granger5.3 miles12
Liberty5.9 miles12
Alfalfa6.3 miles12
Midvale7.3 miles12
Givens Corner8.1 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on SatusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1503070The 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 1511292. 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.