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Yellepit, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99337. The Survey maps it on the Wallula quadrangle. It stands 341 feet above sea level.

Yellepit within Benton 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

72 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Yellepit between 1994 and 2020, burning about 19,711 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHWY 730 SPOT
18 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife Refuge2RIVPARK
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLAMBDON ROAD
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSTATELINE
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSPOT #1
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSPOT#2
25 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeFISHING
2 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use500 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHWY 730

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Yellepit: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Attalia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eucon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yellepit in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2009FloodYellepit-The Walla Walla River at Touchet crested at 1.87 feet above flood stage.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Finley7.8 miles12
Hedges9.1 miles12
Highland9.9 miles12
Port of Kennewick13.1 miles12
South Highlands13.4 miles12
Berrian13.6 miles14
Kennewick14.3 miles12
West Highlands16.1 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.

Wikipedia article on YellepitAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14713956The 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 1511443. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.