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South Broadway, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98903. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yakima West quadrangle.

South Broadway within Yakima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

76 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of South Broadway between 1995 and 2020, burning about 7,740 acres in total. 1 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
Fireworks42
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreYakama Agency42ND & MCCULLOUGH RD
19 September 2012Arson/incendiarism191 acresYakama AgencyFRUIT STAND
13 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresYakama Agency81 N. TRACK
1 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresYakama AgencyAHTANUM RG
31 August 2012Misuse of fire by a minor1,661 acresYakama AgencyN. AHTANUM
13 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresYakama Agency79TH AHTANUM
7 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreYakama Agency16TH AND GILBERT
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYakama AgencyKAYS / REGAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of South Broadway: 21 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver. 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
Willow Springs No. 3Gold, SilverProspect
YakimaClayPast Producer
Union Gap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Zirkle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Meyers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Union Gap PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ItSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yakima County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Broadway in 2 storm reports in 2015: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2015HailSouth Broadway-Social Media reported the hail with the thunderstorm.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Broadway-Public reported trees uprooted 3 miles east of Ahtanum.

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
Union Gap2.3 miles14
Yakima2.5 miles17
Washington Park2.6 miles14
Fruitvale4.1 miles17
Birchfield4.4 miles14
Terrace Heights4.9 miles14
West Valley5.0 miles17
Parker5.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867635. 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.