West Highlands, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Richland-Kennewick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99336. The Survey maps it on the Kennewick quadrangle.

West Highlands within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1917 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Kennewick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Pasco quadrangle1:62500
1992 USGS Kennewick quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of West Highlands in 2016, burning about 185 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	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
10 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	185 acres	Washington State Fire Marshal's Office	STATE PATROL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of West Highlands: 16 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Gravel Pit	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
D.O.E. Pit No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Luth Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cherry Lane Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kennewick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Matheson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Matheson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pasco Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Putnam Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Vista	1.5 miles	12
Kennewick	2.3 miles	12
South Highlands	2.7 miles	12
Richland Junction	2.8 miles	12
Island View	2.9 miles	12
Richland Y	3.2 miles	12
Port of Kennewick	4.2 miles	12
Highland	6.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512791. 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.