BlockWilly Dick Crossing, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the South Yakima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98952. The Survey maps it on the Willy Dick Canyon quadrangle. It stands 1,886 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1937 USGS White Swan quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Willy Dick Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Fort Simcoe quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Toppenish quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Willy Dick Crossing between 1995 and 2019, burning about 220 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Yakama Agency | WHISKEY JIM |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Yakama Agency | MILL CREEK |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Yakama Agency | N. FORK DRY CREEK |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Yakama Agency | N FORK TOP |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Yakama Agency | HUNT CR |
| 18 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Yakama Agency | MILL CREEK |
| 17 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Yakama Agency | TOPP CK |
| 14 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Yakama Agency | ABELLA LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Swan | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rupple | 16.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tampico | 16.7 miles | 14 | |
| Brownstown | 17.3 miles | 13 | |
| Harrah | 20.4 miles | 13 | |
| Farron | 21.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wiley City | 22.2 miles | 15 | |
| Venner | 22.5 miles | 13 |
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 Q14713946 | The 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 1511434. 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.