Waiilatpo, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Touchet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99362. It stands on Cold Creek. The Survey maps it on the College Place quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Waiilatpo within Walla Walla County

On record in Waiilatpo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Whitman Mission National Historic Sitelisted 1966 · 0.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1919 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000
1921 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS College Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Waiilatpo (historical) in 1997, burning about 1 acre 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
Equipment and vehicle use	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
1 July 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	1.3 acres	Whitman Mission National Historic Site	EDGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Waiilatpo (historical): 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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	Recorded
Davin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Davin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Jessee and Sons	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Jones-Scott Company	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
Welch 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
Whitman	1.5 miles	11
Mojonnier	2.2 miles	11
Pedigo	2.8 miles	11
Calhounville	3.1 miles	11
Garrett	3.2 miles	11
Dixie Crossing	3.6 miles	11
Stateline	3.7 miles	11
Sudbury	3.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514902. 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.