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One of 8 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Morningstar Baptist Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 631 South Douglas Ave., Pasco, 99301
- When was it listed? September 2022
- Category. building
- Also known as. The Black American Experience in Pasco, Washington MPS
- Census division. Pasco
- National Register reference number. 100008226 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Morningstar Baptist Church between 1992 and 2019, burning about 234 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | CASEY POND |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | 2ND ST. |
| 7 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | HUMORIST RD |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | FLAT TOP |
| 20 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex | MAPLE |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | BLACKBERRY |
| 1 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | LAKE ROAD NORTH |
| 7 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | REINKIN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Morningstar Baptist Church: 14 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.O.E. Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cherry Lane Quarry | 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 | ||
| Pit No. 11147 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Putnam Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Canyon Hazardous Waste Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pasco, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 dust devil, 1 hail. The reports record 4 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Lightning | Pasco | 4 hurt, $12,000 | Cattle company near Pasco lost 6 registered Charolais cattle during a lightning storm. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | $770,000 | Strong wind gusts from a thunderstorm flipped two small airplanes at the Tri-Cities airport in Pasco. Five feeding bunks at DeVries Dairy were also destroyed. The winds knocked out power to thousands of residents in the county, and toppled many trees. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | $5,000 | Trees down and shingles taken from roofs. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Pasco | $5,000 | Lightning struck radio tower and knocked station off air. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | Measured at mesonet station HPASC. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Pasco | - | Hail from this storm severely damaged thousands of acres of crops in Pasco. Some of the hardest hit crops were tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, green beans, and peppers. |
| May 1999 | Dust Devil | Pasco | - | A dust devil tore shingles and tarpaper off the roof of the Physician's Medical Center in Pasco. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasco | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurtzman Park Mini Station | 0.3 miles | 2022 | |
 | Pasco Carnegie Library | 1.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Franklin County Courthouse | 1.3 miles | 1978 |
 | Sacajawea State Park | 2.5 miles | 2007 |
 | James Moore House | 3.1 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008226 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 8 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.