Fishhawk, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Vernonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marshland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fishhawk within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1941 USGS Cathlamet quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Cathlamet quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Marshland quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fishhawk (historical) between 1995 and 2017, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Debris and open burning	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	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
27 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Astoria District	VESPER
19 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	ROADSIDE FIRE
31 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	KING LOUIS III
29 August 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Astoria District	GREASY SPOON
27 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	NORTH BANK RD #1
21 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.3 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	HWY. 47 MP 10 #1
19 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	23 acres	Columbia City Unit	FLORA RD. #1
31 July 2014	Smoking	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	HWY 47 MP 9.25

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Fishhawk (historical): 11 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Birkenfeld	1.0 miles	16
Neverstill	2.1 miles	16
Mist	4.3 miles	16
Woodson	7.6 miles	15
Marshland	7.8 miles	15
Clatskanie Heights	7.8 miles	15
Kerry	8.0 miles	15
Clatskanie	9.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132303. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.