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Dole, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Battle Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98675. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dole quadrangle.

Dole within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Dole between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 ceremony55
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism14
Fireworks4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTAR BELL
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHANLEY
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCK PIT FIRE #4
4 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT SEAT FIRE
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWHEEL FIRE
28 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dole: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Nickel. 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
Silver Star MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer
Silver Star ProspectLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, NickelOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Sunset FallsVanadiumOccurrence
Mc Munn PlacerGold, PlatinumPast Producer
South Fork Lewis RiverGold, PlatinumPast Producer1895
Lewis River PlacerGoldPast 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
Moulton4.3 miles15
Alpine4.6 miles15
Venersborg4.6 miles15
Lucia6.4 miles15
Creswell Heights6.4 miles21
Little Elkhorn6.7 miles23
Yacolt6.8 miles15
Crawford7.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1518841. 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.