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The fire caused the closure of U.S. Route 12 across White Pass, and "evacuate now" orders were issued to residents near Rimrock Lake on July 24. [4] [5] Outdoor city amenities and events were closed in Yakima on July 25 due to poor air quality, which was "unhealthy" or "very unhealthy" for all people at monitoring stations across the Yakima Valley.
The Range 12 fire was started on July 30, 2016 in eastern Washington at the Yakima Training Center east of Yakima, Washington near Moxee, Washington. [1] [2] [3] It quickly grew to over 176,000 acres (71,000 ha) to cover parts of Yakima County and Benton County. [4]
In late July, two fires in eastern Yakima County and southern Grant County burned more than 1,500 acres (610 ha) before being contained. [10] In August, the area surrounding Spokane, the state's second largest city, was threatened with three active wildfires. In late August, Wellesley and Yale fires merged to form the Spokane Complex Fire.
Shaded-relief map showing ridges of the Yakima Fold Belt of south-central Washington, mostly between Interstate 90 (red line) and the Columbia River (bottom). Red square in center is the city of Yakima, red rectangle at lower right is the Tri-Cities, red circles are various cities, triangles are the Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams volcanoes of the Southern Washington Cascades.
Half of the state is in a drought and 30 counties have burn bans. ... 30 NC counties are currently under a burn ban. Updated map shows restricted areas. Martha Quillin. November 10, 2023 at 6:30 ...
Rail cut on the Yakima Training Center in the eastern end of the Iron Horse State Park portion of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail as it nears the Columbia River south of Vantage. The Yakima Training Center (YTC [1]) is a United States Army training center, used for maneuver training, Land Warrior system testing and as a live fire exercise area.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yakima County, Washington, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]
Yacolt Burn State Forest is a 90,000 acre state forest located in southern Washington in the foothills of the Cascade Range. [1] It is named after the Yacolt Burn , a collection of wildfires that broke out in 1902.