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.
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.
- 1915 USGS Wallulah quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Wallula quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Slater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Slater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2001Regional 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 burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | MCNTRAIN |
| 23 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | DODD ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Grow | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Welland | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ash | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Humorist | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Adkins | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Two Rivers | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Zangar Junction | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Reese | 8.0 miles | 13 |
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.






