BlockHarrington Place, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northeast Cowlitz census division. It stands on Harrington Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elk Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Mount St Helens quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Mt St Helens quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Mt St. Helens quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Cougar quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Elk Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Harrington Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ALDER |
| 15 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HERRINGTON |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TANK FIRE |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JACKSON |
| 29 July 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SORENSON |
| 25 July 1995 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Helens | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Kid Valley | 13.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cougar | 14.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sightly | 15.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pigeon Springs | 15.9 miles | 12 | |
| Yale | 16.5 miles | 14 | |
| Woodland Park | 16.8 miles | 14 | |
| Toutle | 17.3 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q17183602 | 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 1520730. 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.