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Eagle Cliff, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cathlamet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98612. The Survey maps it on the Oak Point quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Eagle Cliff within Wahkiakum 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Cliff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitCOLVIN ROAD #1
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOWARD DRIVE
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMERON CREEK
4 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPEPPERMILL
3 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters700
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUNKER HILL
23 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters83

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wahkiakum County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Cliff: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Stone. 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
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum AreaAluminum, Silica, Titanium, Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1946
E JohnsonStonePast Producer
R. OlsonStonePast Producer
Mill Creek AreaAluminumOccurrence
Washington Bauxite Dist.AluminumOccurrence1946
Crown Cathlamet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
E. JohnsonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
R. OlsonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
A. BergmanSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Waterford2.2 miles15
Flandersville3.5 miles15
State Camp7.1 miles15
East Cathlamet7.2 miles15
Cathlamet8.2 miles15
Sleepy Hollow13.5 miles14
Skamokawa13.7 miles14
Brookfield (historical)18.5 miles14

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 Q94371056The 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 1510924. 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.