Creswell Heights, Washington
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98607. It lies near Spud Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Larch Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1918 USGS Troutdale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Troutdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Camas quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Camas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Camas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Larch Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Larch Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
227 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Creswell Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 243RD AVE |
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | L - 1560 VIEWPOINT |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH LARCH |
| 8 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 232ND AVE |
| 5 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCK PIT FIRE #4 |
| 4 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STOREDAHL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Creswell Heights: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haag & Shaw Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Livingston Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Silver Star Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Cobalt, Nickel | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Star Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Smith | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Washougal Pit | Iron | Producer | ||
| Washougal Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Magnetite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Little Elkhorn | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Fern Prairie | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Livingston | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Dole | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Venersborg | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Washougal | 7.5 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594741 | 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 1518329. 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.











