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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Sprague quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Rosalia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | 11 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SCROGGIE STRIKE |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HARRISON |
| 7 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Spokane District | SQUARE BUTTE |
| 4 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | FISH RESORT |
| 30 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TYLER |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FREEWAY FLAT |
| 27 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.8 acres | Spokane District | LOOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lawton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Fishtrap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27995369 | The 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.




