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Fisher, Washington

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Vancouver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98683. The Survey maps it on the Mount Tabor quadrangle.

Fisher within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

3 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fisher between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None 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
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
25 August 1992Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMAS BRIDGE
17 August 1992Misuse of fire by a minor35 acresWashington 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

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Fisher: 30 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
ImageClayPast Producer
Red Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Rocky Butte QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStonePast Producer
Rocky Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Evergreen2.9 miles33
Ellsworth3.4 miles33
Mill Plain3.7 miles23
Burton4.3 miles33
Image4.4 miles33
Russell Landing4.4 miles33
McLoughlin5.3 miles33
Camas5.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512211. 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.