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Blurock Landing, Washington

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Vancouver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98660. The Survey maps it on the Sauvie Island quadrangle.

Blurock Landing within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Blurock Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks4
Other causes3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined166 acresPacific Cascade Region-DNRFRUIT VALLEY
25 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreForest Grove DistrictTRESTLE FIRE
22 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMCNAMEE RD FIRE
12 September 2001Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 1997Naturalunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWYETH BENCH
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Blurock Landing: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Vancouver Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Ash Grove Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Angel Bros, IncStonePast Producer
Angell Bros. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hidden Valley LandfillStonePast Producer
Hidden Valley LandfillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jantzen BeachSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jantzen BeachSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lower River Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Vancouver Junction3.6 miles33
Lakeshore3.7 miles33
Lake Shore4.0 miles33
Felida4.0 miles33
Hazel Dell5.1 miles33
Knapp5.1 miles33
Vancouver5.5 miles33
Minnehaha5.9 miles33

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.

Wikidata item Q122539024The 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 1510830. 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.