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.
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.
- Clark County Poor Farm-Southwestern Washington Experiment Stationlisted 2013 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 33 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.
- 1897 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 166 acres | Pacific Cascade Region-DNR | FRUIT VALLEY |
| 21 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHILLAPOO 4 |
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MEMORIAL HWY |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 82ND |
| 3 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHILLAPOO AUG 3RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Vancouver Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Brush Prairie Placer | Gold, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mill Plain Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Bokemier Iron Deposit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hidden Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Howland Acres Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Wilde | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Homan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rye | 0.4 miles | 33 | |
| Minnehaha | 1.1 miles | 33 | |
| Hazel Dell | 1.4 miles | 33 | |
| Walnut Grove | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Saint John | 2.1 miles | 33 | |
| Barberton | 2.4 miles | 33 | |
| Vancouver | 2.7 miles | 33 | |
| Salmon Creek | 2.8 miles | 33 |
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 Q122573255 | 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 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.











