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Wilma, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Pullman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99163. The Survey maps it on the Pullman quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wilma within Whitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Wilma (historical): 16 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar, Clay. 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
Bald ButteFeldsparOccurrence
PullmanClayPast Producer
Central Premix Concrete CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bishop QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carl CarsoarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Druffel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Henderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Poppie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitman 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
Busby0.8 miles15
Staley0.8 miles15
Pullman Junction2.3 miles15
Whitlow2.7 miles15
Chambers3.3 miles15
Johnson3.5 miles15
Pullman3.8 miles15
Sunshine3.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511573. 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.

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.