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Hidden, Washington

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Vancouver census division. The Survey maps it on the Vancouver quadrangle.

Hidden within Clark County

On record in Hidden

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 33 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Hidden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 208 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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/undetermined166 acresPacific Cascade Region-DNRFRUIT VALLEY
21 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
17 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO 4
7 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEMORIAL HWY
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters82ND
3 August 2020Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO AUG 3RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Hidden: 18 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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
(Facility) Vancouver Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Brush Prairie PlacerGold, Titanium, IronProspect
Mill Plain PitStoneProducer
Bokemier Iron DepositIronProspect
Hidden Brick CoClayPast Producer
Howland Acres ProspectIronOccurrenceLimonite
WildeClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Homan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Rye0.4 miles33
Minnehaha1.1 miles33
Hazel Dell1.4 miles33
Walnut Grove2.0 miles33
Saint John2.1 miles33
Barberton2.4 miles33
Vancouver2.7 miles33
Salmon Creek2.8 miles33

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 Q122573255The 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 1511897. 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.