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Etna, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the La Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98674. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ariel quadrangle.

Etna within Clark County

On record in Etna

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

Fires near this place

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Etna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony19
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Fireworks3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGOODNIGHT
7 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersAMBOY RD
6 September 1994Smoking1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1992Debris and open burning4.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPUP FIRE
28 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 1999Debris and open burningunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Etna: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Quarry RyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haapa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lewis River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Highland2.2 miles14
Hall3.2 miles14
View3.4 miles14
Cedarville3.7 miles14
Dayton3.8 miles14
Pine Grove4.1 miles14
Hayes4.2 miles14
Fargher Lake5.6 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.

Wikipedia article on EtnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5404694The 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 1510952. 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.