Hillgrove, Washington
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McCleary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98557. It lies near Mohneys Prairie. The Survey maps it on the McCleary quadrangle.
On record in Hillgrove
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.
McCleary Hotel, Oldlisted 1996 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Nahwatzel Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Elma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Seattle quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Mc Cleary quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Shelton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Hillgrove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 1 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | A-LINE |
| 7 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BUCKS PRAIRIE |
| 5 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MOX FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hillgrove: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elma | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | Fossil Placer | |
| Elma | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Fossil Placer | |
| Cdc Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| County Line Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mccleary # 2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smiley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stuck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCleary Junction | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| McCleary | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Garden City | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sine | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Rayville | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Greenwood | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Malone | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Elma | 8.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1505524. 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.





