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1184:County seat
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1488:Categories
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1234:Moses Lake
988:. May 2023
969:References
270:Washington
248:feature ID
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101:Washington
1450:Footnotes
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1249:Soap Lake
1074:April 23,
961:The band
893:Source:
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284:Geography
264:(CDP) in
236:FIPS code
224:Area code
178:Time zone
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59:46°41′6″N
1418:Trinidad
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1113:June 10,
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749:Average
404:Umtanums
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394:Climate
366:History
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714:(8)
709:(2)
672:45.0
667:27.6
662:34.9
657:44.4
652:56.1
647:64.4
642:64.8
637:58.4
632:51.3
627:43.3
622:36.9
617:31.1
612:27.1
602:65.6
597:40.3
592:50.2
587:65.8
582:80.6
577:90.1
572:91.4
567:82.8
562:75.0
557:65.7
552:57.3
547:47.5
542:40.5
461:Dec
458:Nov
455:Oct
452:Sep
449:Aug
446:Jul
443:Jun
440:May
437:Apr
434:Mar
431:Feb
428:Jan
246:GNIS
119:Area
1398:Mae
930:or
886:5.9
881:1.9
876:0.6
871:0.0
866:0.0
861:0.0
856:0.0
851:0.0
846:0.0
841:0.0
836:0.1
831:0.7
826:2.6
742:−12
687:−10
682:−12
532:112
512:105
507:110
502:112
497:110
492:105
229:509
197:DST
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722:33
717:42
712:47
707:35
702:29
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517:92
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