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Zangar Junction, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Burbank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99323. The Survey maps it on the Zangar Junction quadrangle.

Zangar Junction within Walla Walla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

54 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Zangar Junction between 2000 and 2020, burning about 6,933 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
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
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexLAMBDON ROAD
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeLAMDIN
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5,000 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHATCH GRADE
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 Walla Walla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Zangar Junction: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. 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
WallulaPumiceOccurrence
Lambdin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Moore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
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
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Reese3.3 miles13
Wallula3.3 miles12
Hunt3.4 miles12
Wallula Junction3.7 miles12
Attalia4.6 miles12
Port Kelley6.1 miles12
Le Grow6.8 miles12
Two Rivers6.9 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.

Wikidata item Q122572086The 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 1513416. 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.