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One of 73 National Register listings published here for Yakima County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
W. P. Sawyer House And Orchard
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Sawyer, W. P., House And Orchard - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. U.S. 12, Sawyer, 98951
- When was it listed? November 1977
- Category. building
- Census division. Sunnyside
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- National Register reference number. 77001370 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
464 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 464 fires within 5 miles of W. P. Sawyer House And Orchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,214 acres in total. None started naturally. 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 150 |
| Debris and open burning | 119 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | DONALD WAPATO SWIMMING HOLE |
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Yakama Agency | 942 WINAWAY |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 940 WINAWAY |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 361 BUTLER RD. |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Yakama Agency | EAST BRANCH |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 170 HORSCHELL RD. |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | DONALD RD. |
| 28 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Yakama Agency | NORTH TRACK |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of W. P. Sawyer House And Orchard: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kern Pit C-49 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Parker Heights | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Zillah Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Dunn's Ranch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wapato Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattoon Cabin | 0.1 miles | 1977 | |
| Donald-Wapato Bridge | 2.1 miles | 1995 | |
| Yakima Valley Filipino Community Hall | 3.1 miles | 2023 | |
| Toppenish-Zillah Bridge | 5.2 miles | 1995 | |
 | Yakima Indian Agency Building | 5.6 miles | 1988 |
 | US Post Office-Toppenish Main | 5.8 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77001370 in Record Group 79. |
| Yakima County | All 73 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.