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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1910 USGS Zillah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Granger quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Granger quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Toppenish quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 1660 INDIAN SHAKER CHURCH |
| 2 September 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Yakama Agency | HWY 22 CORNFIELD |
| 8 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | S. SATUS / HOP #2 |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Yakama Agency | 360 SATUS RD. |
| 27 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Yakama Agency | SR 22 MM 14 |
| 24 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Yakama Agency | TULE & PLANK |
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Yakama Agency | HWY 22 / FLORANCE |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 702 acres | Yakama Agency | TULE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granger Clay Products Co. | Clay, Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Snipes Mountain | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Sunnyside | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Snipes Mountain | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Top Snipes Mountain | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Granger Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Emerald Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Emerald Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Levold Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flood | Satus | - | Water from Satus Creek was over the West Satus Road and Marion Drain Road near Highway 22. |
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.
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 Satus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1503070 | 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 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.






