American River, Washington

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.

• 1902 USGS Mount Aix quadrangle1:125000
• 1904 USGS Mount Aix quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
• 1904 USGS Mt Aix quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
• 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
• 1971 USGS Old Scab Mtn. quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1978 USGS Mount Rainier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1992 USGS Old Scab Mtn quadrangle1:24000
• 2000 USGS Old Scab Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of American River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 3 were 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Cliffdell
• Goose Prairie

Every fire recorded in Yakima County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of American River: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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.

Every working recorded in Yakima County

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

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1534095. 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.