Caples Landing, Washington
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98674. The Survey maps it on the Deer Island quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1922 USGS St. Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Deer Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Deer Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Caples Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | SMITH ROAD #1 |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PITTSBURG/GENSMAN ROADS |
| 3 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Columbia City Unit | PITTSBURG RD. |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | HANKEY ROAD #1 |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD PORTLAND/KASTER#3 |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | SYKES ROAD #2 |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | ADAMS CREEK #1 |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DART CREEK ROAD #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Caples Landing: 22 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia County Bauxite Deposits | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free | Prospect | 1944 | |
| Green Mountain | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Maple Hill Iron | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Marshall Farm | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Fly Creek Deposit | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Columbia County | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia County | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dwight Irby | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Longview Fiber | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Longview Fiber | Stone | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caples | 0.1 miles | 18 | |
| Woodland | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Kalama | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Carrolls | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ariel | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vision Acres | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rose Valley | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pigeon Springs | 13.9 miles | 12 |
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 Caples Landing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17198976 | 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 1510857. 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.










