Howard, Washington

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98858. It lies near Landingham Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wells Dam quadrangle.

Howard within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Ritzville quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Wells Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Howard between 2004 and 2020, burning about 14,166 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
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
7 September 2020	Power generation/transmission/distribution	5,500 acres	Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources	APPLE ACRES
25 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	700 acres	Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest	MCCOY
5 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6,837 acres	Spokane District	ANTOINE 2
19 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	CHAMOKANE FALLS STRIKE
6 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,129 acres	Spokane District	ROCK HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Howard: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Spillman Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mud Spring	4.7 miles	6
Dyer	6.2 miles	7
Beebe	7.8 miles	8
Bridgeport	11.1 miles	11
Touhey	11.6 miles	7
Mansfield	11.6 miles	7
Downing	12.2 miles	11
Lamoine	12.3 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1520986. 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.