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Fishtrap, Washington

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Odessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99032. The Survey maps it on the Tyler quadrangle. It stands 2,280 feet above sea level.

Fishtrap within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Fishtrap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 846 acres in total. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning16
Firearms and explosives use15
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2013Natural11 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSCROGGIE STRIKE
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHARRISON
7 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresSpokane DistrictSQUARE BUTTE
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictFISH RESORT
30 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTYLER
30 September 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFREEWAY FLAT
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.8 acresSpokane DistrictLOOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Fishtrap: 6 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
Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Miller QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lawton 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 Lincoln 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
Croskey5.6 miles7
Sprague9.8 miles7
Edwall10.2 miles9
Waukon10.4 miles9
Canby12.8 miles7
Wheeler Corner13.5 miles9
Elanor15.2 miles9
Bluestem18.3 miles9

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 FishtrapAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27995369The 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 1510969. 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.