BlockAlta Vista, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Mossyrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98564. It lies near Swofford Valley. The Survey maps it on the Winters Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1919 USGS Mount St Helens quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Mt St Helens quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Mt St. Helens quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Elk Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1983 USGS Winters Mtn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Alta Vista between 1994 and 2019, burning about 164 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1995 | Smoking | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 10 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREEN MOUNTAIN |
| 21 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OVERPASS |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SWAFFORD POND |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VIEWPOINT |
| 31 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLANKENSHIP |
| 27 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alta Vista: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullaney Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mossyrock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Alta Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q141686467 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1515766. 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.