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Slater, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Eureka Flat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99323. The Survey maps it on the Slater quadrangle.

Slater within Walla Walla 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

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Slater between 2001 and 2012, burning about 11 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
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 June 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeMCNTRAIN
23 April 2012Debris and open burning10 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeDODD ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla 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
Le Grow1.6 miles12
Welland4.3 miles11
Ash5.0 miles11
Humorist6.4 miles12
Adkins7.1 miles11
Two Rivers7.8 miles12
Zangar Junction7.9 miles13
Reese8.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511321. 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.