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Villard Junction, 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 lies near Foundation Island. The Survey maps it on the Humorist quadrangle.

Villard Junction 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.

Fires near this place

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Villard Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 680 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1994Debris and open burning4.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeCASEY POND
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife Refuge2ND ST.
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeIVERSON ROAD
19 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugePENINSULA
18 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife Refuge2RIVPARK
17 September 2000Recreation and ceremony100 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugePENINSULA
7 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHUMORIST RD
6 August 2017Natural13 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeWALLULA LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla 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 Villard Junction: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Humorist PitStonePast Producer
Cherry Lane QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Finley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Matheson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Putnam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sanders and Young PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Two Rivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Burbank1.8 miles12
Burbank Heights2.4 miles12
Humorist3.6 miles12
Two Rivers3.7 miles12
Attalia6.2 miles12
Wallula7.9 miles12
Le Grow8.5 miles12
Hunt8.8 miles12

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 Q122598180The 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 1511398. 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.