BlockSundale, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Horse Heaven Hills Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99356. It stands on Chapman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sundale quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1916 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sundale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sundale between 2014 and 2020, burning about 37,478 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Spokane District | HWY 14 MP130 |
| 10 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,771 acres | Spokane District | OLD LADY CREEK |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33,103 acres | Spokane District | HIGHWAY 8 |
| 11 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Prineville District | 0754 BLALOCK |
| 14 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 500 acres | North Gilliam County Rural Fire Protection District | 0410 RN |
| 12 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Prineville District | 0282 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sundale: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bates | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnoe Hills | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dot | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Goodnoe | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Moona | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Towal | 15.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 16.5 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q27989083 | 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 1508820. 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.