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Little Elkhorn, Washington

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98606. It lies near Camp Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lacamas Creek quadrangle.

Little Elkhorn within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Little Elkhorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None 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 ceremony43
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH LARCH
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
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOT SEAT FIRE
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWHEEL FIRE
28 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Little Elkhorn: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hanna FarmClayProspect
Livingston QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Livingston1.9 miles23
Ireland4.1 miles21
Hockinson4.3 miles23
Proebstel4.4 miles23
Creswell Heights4.4 miles21
Venersborg4.6 miles15
Sunnyside5.0 miles21
Fern Prairie5.0 miles23

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 Q122594135The 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 1522209. 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.