Grouse, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Asotin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99401. The Survey maps it on the Saddle Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Saddle Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Saddle Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Saddle Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Saddle Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Grouse between 1992 and 2019, burning about 124 acres in total. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BUGLING |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Umatilla National Forest | SADDLE SPRINGS |
| 6 September 2004 | Other causes | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | BLACK CAT |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Wallowa Unit | BARLETT BENCH |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | MALLORY LANE |
| 2 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC INC 857 - COUGAR CONFL |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | DONUT HOLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Grouse: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grouse in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Hail | Grouse | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanson Ferry | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mountain View | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Anatone | 17.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cloverland | 18.8 miles | 12 | |
| Theon (historical) | 19.9 miles | 10 | |
| Craige | 22.7 miles | 10 | |
| Zindel (historical) | 23.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rogersburg | 23.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511481. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






