Burton, Washington

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Orchards census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98684. The Survey maps it on the Orchards quadrangle.

Burton within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 33 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.

1897 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1905 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1940 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Orchards quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Orchards quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Orchards quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Orchards quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Burton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 59 acres in total. None 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.

Reported cause	Fires
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
15 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BLACK GRASS
27 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	58 FORD
25 August 1992	Misuse of fire by a minor	3.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
22 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	CURTAIN CREEK
17 August 1992	Misuse of fire by a minor	35 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
14 August 2007	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BACK YARD
12 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	15TH MAPLE
4 July 2015	Arson/incendiarism	13 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SOUTH PADDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Burton: 13 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. 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	Recorded
Brush Prairie Placer	Gold, Titanium, Iron	Prospect
Bokemier Iron Deposit	Iron	Prospect
Hidden Brick Co	Clay	Past Producer
Howland Acres Prospect	Iron	Occurrence	Limonite
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Wilde	Clay	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Evergreen	1.5 miles	33
Orchards	1.8 miles	33
Sifton	2.3 miles	33
Burton Homes	2.5 miles	33
Ellsworth	2.8 miles	33
Mill Plain	2.9 miles	23
Image	2.9 miles	33
McLoughlin Heights	3.1 miles	33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514737. 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.