Lankner, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Malone-Porter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98568. It lies near Ford Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Malone 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.
- 1941 USGS Ford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Malone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Malone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Chehalis River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Lankner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Pacific Cascade Region-DNR | WILLIAMS CREEK |
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NOBODYS HOME |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OAKVILLE |
| 22 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH BANK |
| 17 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | D-LINE BRIDGE INCIDENT |
| 12 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MALONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lankner: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Sutton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rony | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Malone | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cedarville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Saginaw | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Greenwood | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| South Elma | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Oakville | 6.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122598593 | 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 1511088. 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.







