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Ireland, Washington

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98607. It lies near Livingston Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Larch Mountain quadrangle.

Ireland within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Ireland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 ceremony56
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism12
Fireworks5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters243RD AVE
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH LARCH
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters232ND AVE
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersROCK PIT FIRE #4
4 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTOREDAHL
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT SEAT FIRE

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 Ireland: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Gold, Titanium. 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
Camas PlacerTitanium, Iron, GoldUnknown
Haag & Shaw PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hanna FarmClayProspect
SmithMercuryOccurrence
WashingtonGoldUnknown
Washougal PitIronProducer
Washougal ProspectIronOccurrenceMagnetite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Livingston QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washougal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Sunnyside1.1 miles21
Fern Prairie2.1 miles23
Creswell Heights2.8 miles21
Little Elkhorn4.1 miles23
Livingston4.4 miles23
Camas5.2 miles24
Washougal5.4 miles24
Oak Park5.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1521226. 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.