BlockKlickitat Heights, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98635. The Survey maps it on the Appleton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Husum quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Klickitat Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,182 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVER VISTA |
| 8 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | 720 |
| 8 September 1998 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MT BERG |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COLD SPRINGS |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MIRACLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Klickitat Heights: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Snowden | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain Brook | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Laws Corner | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lyle | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pitt | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Straight Point | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Husum | 8.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122571510 | 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 1521726. 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.