Home Valley, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 97014. It lies near Wind Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Carson quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Bonneville Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Carson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Home Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,733 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | LINDSEY |
| 8 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | NORTH LAKE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OLD STATE RD |
| 6 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | OLD WYETH |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | WYETH RANGE |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SECTION 28 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Home Valley: 11 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martin Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Stevenson | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Cascade Locks Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Island Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cascade Locks Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fountain Slide | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fountain Slide | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martins Hot Springs | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Carson | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Stevenson | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cook | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mill A | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Rains | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ericson View Tracts | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Willard | 9.6 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Home Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988976 | 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 1512308. 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.







