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Gooseneck, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98613. The Survey maps it on the Stacker Butte quadrangle.

Gooseneck within Klickitat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Gooseneck between 1993 and 2018, burning about 26,728 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined17
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCENTERVILLE HIGHWAY MP 10
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTACKER BUTTE
9 August 2008Natural52 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSWALE CANYON
29 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution11,008 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWISHRAM 2
27 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaCOLEFIELD
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
25 August 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSWALE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gooseneck: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Bryant QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Layman No3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Northwest Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Klickitat 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
Warwick1.7 miles10
Swale3.6 miles13
Wishram Heights4.7 miles10
Wishram5.3 miles10
Centerville7.1 miles9
Wahkiacus8.4 miles13
Smithville8.5 miles17
Klickitat Springs8.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1520155. 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.