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Tieton (/ ˈ t aɪ. ə t ə n /) [6] is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States.The population was 1,389 at the 2020 census. [3]In recent years, Tieton has suffered economic depression, with the decline of its fruit warehouses.
Tieton Peak is set in the Goat Rocks Wilderness on land administered by the Wenatchee National Forest. It is the fourth-highest point in the Goat Rocks and fifth-highest in Yakima County. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Tieton Peak is situated two miles east of the crest of the Cascade Range and the nearest higher peak is Gilbert Peak , 1.75 mi (2.82 km) to the ...
An impoundment of the Tieton River, Rimrock Lake's capacity and discharge is controlled by Tieton Dam, a 319-foot (97 m) high structure built in 1925. Rimrock Lake's active capacity is 198,000 acre⋅ft (244 million m 3). [1] Upstream from the lake, the Tieton River is impounded by Clear Creek Dam, another element of the Yakima Project. About 8 ...
Interstate 82 (I-82) is an Interstate Highway in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States that travels through parts of Washington and Oregon.It runs 144 miles (232 km) from its northwestern terminus at I-90 in Ellensburg, Washington, to its southeastern terminus at I-84 in Hermiston, Oregon.
Yakima (/ ˈ j æ k ɪ m ɑː / or / ˈ j æ k ɪ m ə /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city.As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. [4]
A section of SR 821 in the Yakima River Canyon. SR 821 begins at an interchange with I-82, co-signed with US 97, northeast of Selah in northern Yakima County.The interchange also includes a connection to Firing Center Road, which continues east into the Yakima Training Center, a military installation that spans the mountainous area between Yakima and the Columbia River.
The Retreat Fire or Rimrock Retreat Fire was a wildfire between Rimrock Lake and the town of Tieton in Yakima County, Washington.. The fire began on July 23, 2024 as the result of a propane tank explosion at a Rimrock Retreat cabin. [1]
Rimrock Lake is an artificial reservoir created by Tieton Dam and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The lake stores water for irrigation use as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Yakima Project. [5] The Tieton River proper flows out of Rimrock Lake at Tieton Dam. It flows generally east, joining the Naches River near the town of Tieton.