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Fort Rains, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Bonneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98648. It lies near Cascades Island. The Survey maps it on the Bonneville Dam quadrangle.

Fort Rains within Skamania County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Fort Rains between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73,987 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking13
Debris and open burning12
Fireworks11
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFORT RAINS
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaTENAS CAMP
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaLOWER PUNCH BOWL
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestSMOKEY
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic Area2020
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEL REY
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWYETH RANGE
5 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National Forest691

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skamania County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Fort Rains: 14 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Geothermal. 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
StevensonPerliteOccurrence
Bonneville DamStonePast Producer
Moffett's Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
Rock Creke Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Bonneville DamStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cascade Locks Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hamilton Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Island Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Keller PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Skamania 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
Moffetts Hot Springs2.1 miles14
North Bonneville3.0 miles14
Stevenson3.5 miles14
Skamania7.0 miles16
Carson7.3 miles13
Home Valley8.2 miles13
Saint Martins Hot Springs8.3 miles13
Stabler10.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1504971. 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.