Pataha Washington Map

About Pataha, Washington

Pataha is a locality in Garfield County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 106. The population density is 115.9 people per km². Pataha is located at 46.4732°N, 117.5366°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 99347.

Pataha stretches across a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Pataha Creek as it carves through the earth. It lies 24.6 miles southwest of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 224°T), and is situated 25.0 miles west of Lewiston. The terrain rises in subtle, dry swells, framed by the deep, shadowed creases of Bihmaier Gulch that pull the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Mountains. Light here has a peculiar, crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the bunchgrass and sagebrush until they seem etched against the pale, expansive sky. A mere mile away, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area offers a quiet expanse of untamed brush and timber, serving as a reminder of the wilder, uncultivated character that persists just beyond the fences of the local homesteads.

Pataha remains anchored in the traditions of the high plains, where the economy is written in the seasonal language of wheat cycles and the steady endurance of agricultural labor. The history of the area is held in the quiet survival of its older structures, which stand as weathered markers of a time when the crossing of the creek dictated the flow of commerce and settlement. Life in Pataha moves with a deliberate, seasonal patience, dictated more by the arrival of harvest dust or the biting cold of winter than by the demands of the world beyond the horizon. It is a place where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the wind moving through the dry stalks, leaving the inhabitants to sustain a rhythm that honors the isolation of the high, arid basin.

About This Pataha Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pataha, Washington. Coordinates: 46.473208, -117.536574. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Pataha includes the ZIP code (99347), telephone area code (509), county seat of Garfield County (Pomeroy), and school district assignment (Pomeroy School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.