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Highland, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99403. The Survey maps it on the Clarkston quadrangle.

Highland within Asotin County

On record in Highland

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

7 surveys from 12 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

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Highland in 2019, burning under an acre 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 ceremony1

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
13 May 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Asotin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Highland: 14 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron. 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
Clarkston QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Barnes PitStoneProducer
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clarkston PlacerGold, Zirconium, Titanium, IronPast Producer
McGregor PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northwest AggregatesStonePast Producer
Snake River PlacersGold, Zirconium, Titanium, IronPast Producer
Asotin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clarkston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clarkston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Asotin 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
West Clarkston0.6 miles12
Clarkston Heights0.9 miles12
Vineland0.9 miles12
Clarkston1.5 miles12
Asotin4.6 miles11
Jerry5.9 miles11
Silcott6.9 miles10
Grahams Landing13.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2413630. 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.