BlockFirwood, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Goldendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98620. It lies near Devils Canyon. The Survey maps it on the White Pine Buttes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS White Pine Buttes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Firwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,240 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COZY NOOK |
| 5 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BOULDER FIRE 2 |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 800 |
| 17 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 12 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FOREST GLEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blockhouse | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Goldendale | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wahkiacus | 12.2 miles | 13 | |
| Centerville | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Klickitat Springs | 13.2 miles | 13 | |
| Woodruff Mill | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| Swale | 14.6 miles | 13 | |
| Klickitat | 14.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1510220. 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.