BlockCook, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Carson-Underwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98605. It stands on Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Defiance quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mt. Defiance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mt. Defiance quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
172 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Cook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 346 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | LINDSEY |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | DITCH CREEK |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | DEFIANCE 2 |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | BINN'S HILL |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Other causes | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | RIORDAN HILL |
| 28 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | RIORDAN HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cook: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Mountain Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Broughton Lumber Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cooke Grade Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cooks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dietderich Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill A | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ericson View Tracts | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hood View Tracts | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Willard | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hood | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Home Valley | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Underwood | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Underwood Heights | 7.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1989113. 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.