Dahlia, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Grays River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98643. It lies near Altoona Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grays River quadrangle.

Dahlia within Wahkiakum 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.

1940 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Grays River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Grays River quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Dahlia between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	2
Natural	2
Fireworks	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
5 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	FALL RUN
10 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BROOKFIELD EAST
1 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Astoria District	ALDRICH POINT 12-018
3 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	800
3 July 2004	Fireworks	under an acre	Astoria District	AUTIO LOOP
18 May 1996	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
28 February 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wahkiakum County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dahlia: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wahkiakum 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Carlson Landing	1.1 miles	16
Altoona	2.3 miles	16
Brookfield (historical)	2.9 miles	14
Eden	3.3 miles	16
Rosburg	5.0 miles	16
Oneida	5.0 miles	16
Svensens Landing	6.4 miles	16
Grays River	6.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510905. 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.