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One of 73 National Register listings published here for Yakima County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
US Post Office-Toppenish Main
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. US Post Office--Toppenish Main - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 14 Jefferson Ave., Toppenish, 98948
- When was it listed? August 1991
- Category. building
- Also known as. Historic US Post Offices in Washington MPS
- Census division. Toppenish-Wapato
- Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 91000658 - 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
301 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Toppenish Main between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13,352 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 | 93 |
| Fireworks | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Yakama Agency | GERMANTOWN RD. |
| 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 |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 200 ELMWOOD |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Yakama Agency | KING FIRE |
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 101 YOUNGTOWN RD. |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Yakama Agency | EAST BRANCH |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Yakama Agency | MARION DRAIN # 1 |
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 US Post Office-Toppenish Main: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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 | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zillah Bridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zillah Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toppenish, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2005: 2 tornado, 1 wildfire. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2003 | Wildfire | Toppenish | - | Sparks from a power line ignited a fire which grew to 400 acres. Strong winds contributed to the growth of the fire. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Toppenish | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Toppenish | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Yakima Indian Agency Building | 0.3 miles | 1988 |
| Toppenish-Zillah Bridge | 2.2 miles | 1995 | |
 | Teapot Dome Service Station | 3.8 miles | 1985 |
| Mattoon Cabin | 5.7 miles | 1977 | |
 | W. P. Sawyer House And Orchard | 5.8 miles | 1977 |
| Yakima Valley Filipino Community Hall | 7.2 miles | 2023 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000658 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.
- 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.