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Chelatchie, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Yacolt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98601. The Survey maps it on the Amboy quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level.

Chelatchie within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Chelatchie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning43
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Fireworks3
Other causes2

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 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters354TH ST
3 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEST GARNER
23 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFALLS ROAD
22 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1995Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters221ST AVE
14 September 2006Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chelatchie: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Gold. 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
BoardmanClay, AluminumOccurrence
Canyon Creek PlacerIronProspect
Golden WonderMercury, GoldOccurrenceCinnabar, Pyrite
Nichols PitStonePast Producer
Colt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Amboy3.8 miles14
Yacolt4.5 miles15
Moulton6.4 miles15
Lucia6.8 miles15
Fargher Lake7.6 miles14
Dayton7.8 miles14
Cedarville7.9 miles14
Hall8.6 miles14

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 ChelatchieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85751740The 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 1517652. 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.