Two Rivers, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Burbank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99323. It stands on Two Rivers Islands. The Survey maps it on the Humorist quadrangle.

Two Rivers 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.

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 Humorist quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Humorist quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Two Rivers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,018 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	41
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Debris and open burning	17
Recreation and ceremony	11
Arson/incendiarism	9
Natural	6
Fireworks	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 1994	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	CASEY POND
20 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	IVERSON ROAD
19 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	PENINSULA
18 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	2RIVPARK
17 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	100 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	PENINSULA
7 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	HUMORIST RD
6 August 2017	Natural	13 acres	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	WALLULA LAKE
5 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	McNary National Wildlife Refuge	LIGHTHUMOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Two Rivers: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Humorist Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Attalia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Finley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Two Rivers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Attalia	2.6 miles	12
Villard Junction	3.7 miles	12
Humorist	3.7 miles	12
Wallula	4.3 miles	12
Hunt	5.3 miles	12
Burbank	5.5 miles	12
Wallula Junction	5.9 miles	12
Burbank Heights	5.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511383. 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.