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Tyler, Washington

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Amber-Cheney South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99004. The Survey maps it on the Tyler quadrangle. It stands 2,293 feet above sea level.

Tyler within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Tyler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,738 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHARRISON
4 September 2013Natural3.4 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersAMBER STRIKE
30 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTYLER
30 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters904
30 September 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 1994Other causes38 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMERON ROAD
25 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Tyler: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lawton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tyler Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harris QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Roberts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane 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
Geib6.5 miles8
Babb6.8 miles8
Amber6.9 miles8
Mock7.6 miles8
Lakeland Village9.0 miles13
Rodna9.7 miles7
Silver Lake10.8 miles13
Medical Lake10.9 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on TylerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7859934The 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 1512746. 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.