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Highland, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the La Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98629. The Survey maps it on the Ariel quadrangle.

Highland within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Highland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBRATTON
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGOODNIGHT
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWIEHL
7 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersAMBOY RD
5 September 1992Debris and open burning4.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLONG DRIVE
3 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Highland: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Fly Creek DepositAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haapa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lewis River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2025Thunderstorm WindHighland$25,000The NWS Damage Assessment Team surveyed wind damage from a strong convective shower that moved through Longview, Washington around 3:13 PM PDT Oct. 12, 2025. Based on the wind damage, estimated peak winds of 80-85 mph occurred, most likely with a wet microburst that produced damaging straight-line winds over a small geographic area.
January 2009FloodHighland-Heavy rain and subsequent flooding resulted in the evacuation of 400 people.

Every storm 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
Pine Grove2.2 miles14
Etna2.2 miles14
View2.8 miles14
Hayes3.5 miles14
La Center4.3 miles16
Cedarville4.9 miles14
Hall5.0 miles14
Dayton5.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511033. 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.