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Clark, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Wilbur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99185. The Survey maps it on the Keller Ferry quadrangle. It stands 1,312 feet above sea level.

Clark within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Clark between 1992 and 2019, burning about 45,679 acres in total. 33 started naturally. None was 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
Natural33
Recreation and ceremony12
Fireworks9
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2012Natural1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersJONES BAY
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaCAMPFIRE22
16 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresColville AgencyKUEHNE RD
10 September 2005Natural123 acresColville AgencyWILLIAMS F
1 September 1997Naturalunder an acreColville AgencyTURNERS
7 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaCAMPFIRE16
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHANSON HARBOR
5 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresColville AgencyFERRY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Clark: 9 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Molybdenum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
CampbellCopperUnknown
Hellgate RapidsSilver, Gold, MolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
L. Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sanpoil-Schminski-Hellgate RapidsMolybdenumOccurrence
SchminskiMolybdenumUnknown
Bacon Bar PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Barnell PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Barnell PlacerGoldPast Producer
Clark PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Sherman8.2 miles11
Hesseltine8.3 miles16
Wilbur11.6 miles11
Bagdad Junction13.6 miles16
Creston14.7 miles11
Govan14.8 miles8
Lincoln16.0 miles12
Seven Bays19.2 miles12

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 ClarkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27987161The 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 2786072. 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.